A Cage

[ShadowFire]

A Cage

My heart is in a cage
I may free it not
Though it be not of eye
A tear it sheds

My mind is in a cage
Free it I may not
Though it be not of heart
A beat it pounds

My body is in a cage
I may not free it
Though it be not of mind
A thought it thinks

My eye is in a cage
Not I may free it
Though it be not of body
A life it takes

[Dark Muse]

This was interesting, but I really liked it

[eyemaker]

Nice one! I like it,

[qimissung]

the images and phrasing that you used are unusual and intriguing.

[~rose.of.night]

i really liked it, especially how the second line of every stanza was the same but in a different order.

[goldenrod]

Reaching beyond the walls. outside of the physical?

goldenrod.

[ShadowFire]

There is a mixture of physical and nonphysical in the poem. Clearly my heart is not crying but emotionally I am. Yet the pounding mind is very physical with the head aches and such. I hope I have understood you accurately. Thanks everyone for replying.