behind closed doors 
Category: Writing and Poetry 

behind closed doors
you venture not out
not anymore
behind the barrier of imagined walls
your sphere of influence is very small
like a little baby's crawl
you break not out of your prison shell
you wallow in your pitty well
you like things familiar
you know them well
nothing ventured
nothing gained
inside your house
your tender, gentle heart lies strained
you trust not
you have not faith
you refuse to let go
you have your fate
you'll never know what's beyond your gate
in the earth the worms will wait
for the sad creature with no will
you have swallowed failure's bitter pill
yet you watch the people outside still
and wish you were them
yet you are not willing to try
so in your bed you will die
not a soul in the world will even cry