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How does it feel to be trapped?


Confined to my paralyzed body

I lay, waiting for my “true love” to come

An unknown man to kiss me

Yes, come at me you scum

 

How dare one go assault 

A teenager at her prime

I only wished to enjoy life

Than to pay for another’s crime

 

A witch, rejected by my father

Gave the curse to me instead

But I can sympathize a little

Since she was sadly mislead

 

My father seduced her sweetly

Promising how they will soon wed

She went one day to surprise him

But found another at his bed

 

A wife with child already

The witch was merely a toy

He quickly held his wife close 

Proclaiming she was his only joy

 

She cried and begged to understand

He spat and said it was merely pleasure

But the bitterness in the witch’s heart

Gave him something beyond measure

 

So here I am, paying the price

Of my father’s little whoring

Laying for six weeks in a row

Well it is quite boring

 

I am alone in my room

While my parents weep next door

My mother’s tearful sobs are heard

Regretting the one she bore

 

No matter their grief, I am bound

To suffer eternally here

Only my thoughts to entertain me

I can’t bear this for more than a year

 

Why must I suffer this?

To die here trapped in my body

I don’t want a stranger to touch me

The thought makes me feel shoddy

 

My love has someone, a bond he can’t sever

Oh well, I guess I’ll be trapped here forever

 
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