Cage Without Walls

In a town where shadows linger,

I feel the weight of yesterday,

Echoes of my silent screams,

Trapped in a cycle, can't break away.

Counselors say to breathe in light,

But every window feels like bars,

Memories wrap around my mind,

Like a thousand heavy scars.

In corners dark where fears collide,

Each breath I take, I feel confined,

Fighting demons, never free,

They want my spirit, but it's not their prize.

I'm in a cage with no walls,

Just echoes that reverberate my calls,

Searching for a way to heal,

But Ottawa's shadows won't let me feel.

Case managers chart a path to light,

But shadows grow longer at night,

Every street holds a ghostly trace,

A glimpse of my lost, familiar face.

I walk on roads where anguish grows,

In every alley my fear knows,

Fighting battles I thought I'd won,

But the past plays on like a loaded gun.

I'm in a cage with no walls,

Just echoes that reverberate my calls,

Searching for a way to heal,

But Ottawa's shadows won't let me feel.

I’m screaming in silence, I'm lost in a storm,

With every heartbeat, I feel less warm,

When will it end, this echo of pain?

Each dawn I rise, yet I'm still in chains.

I'm in a cage with no walls,

Just echoes that reverberate my calls,

Searching for a way to heal,

But Ottawa's shadows won't let me feel.

Yet hope flickers on the fringes of night,

A whisper that says I’ll eventually fight,

For every broken soul needs a chance to mend,

To rise from this cage and find peace in the end.