Before I Was Mine

The Sun shines a sharp

Sickly bright

I’m caressed in artificial yellow light.

The wind carries the smell of rain.

You hold onto my tears

Then shed them on this ungodly plain.

I tell myself-

I am free

But I see only what you want of me

You switch these sets when I’m sleeping

But I always hear your footsteps creeping

I have no choice

No red. No blue.

My life is just this game to you.

You call this prison,

This Hell- my shrine.

The truth is,

I was yours before I was ever mine.