Climbing Out of the Trap

Mmm. Mmm. I kept climbing. I kept climbing. But someone kept

pulling me down, down, down, down, d-d-d--

Mmm. Ah. You said love was shelter, but it felt

like bait. Pulled me in closer just to keep me in place.

Every time I reached up for a little more light, someone grabbed my

ankle, tried to quiet my rise. Smiles like a welcome,

rules like a cage. Soft little lies that were hard to escape.

I learned to make myself smaller just to fit, but the world outside the trap