3 | "You Put a Cast on Me"
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You’ve put a cast on me
I can’t move, I can’t speak
feels like I’m drowning
in the open sea
you’ve put a cast on me
I can’t move, I can’t sing
feels like I’m burning
unable to flee
I toss and I fret
I have shouted empty threats
but still
you put a cast on me
wasn’t I good?
didn’t I try?
why couldn’t you
let me hide
so comfortable,
the shadows
my bride
but you,
you put a cast on me
I’ve grown silent here
there is life
inside these tears
my frustrations
it made me
assume
but I realize now
what I thought was a cast
was really a
cocoon
thank you Lord,
for you,
you
put a cast on me
/ MARCH 2018, NEW ZEALAND /
Bryan H. Kim
