I hear noises
outside but I pay
them no heed
feel sealed-up
inside my head
as if my thought
roams within
a capsule of steel
smooth of wall
with no nook or cranny
to be chiselled
or prised
trapped
I am a prisoner
pain beats
at my temples
I am jarred
and uneasy
but don't even
know why this
suffering exists
at all
can find no reason
for this
*, withdrawal
for this nervousness
I am like a
ball inside a sphere
rolling nowhere
except around and
around
always travelling the same
ground
learning nothing
not progressing
heavy with intent
but no fulfilment
I am twitchy
and running
scared.
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