Rattle the Cage

Moments of sadness and despair come to rattle the cage

Only to seek solace in the sweet embrace

Does the hunt for sex create a needed escape?

The walk in the desert can create

There has to be something more

We should go back to the beginning

Back to the days where we learned our names

We tried to understand the meaning

All we have are these empty flames

Filled with sighs and kissing

There is still that vital element permanently missing

The love that allowed us to feel free

That gave us free will

Yet still taught us the faith to believe

As I sat in my uncomfortable space

In the midst of work in a designed grey cubicle cage

Something beckoned us to mate

We did not hesitate

I saw love in his eyes

Like a moth to a flame

I was blinded by a light

Does is shine?

I can't make him mine

I wish on a thousand stars

Whispered his name in the dark

I tried to resist but he found a way to my heart

Yet we sit mountains apart

Another type of despair proves again life isn't fair

As a dear Aunt suffers from ALS

Is there anything else?

Can we get some help?

We seek solace in the sweet embrace

Some shelter in earths sorrowful rain

It feels like winter has seared with its freezing pain

All these demons come to rattle the cage

I stand strong

I stand firm

I will hold on

No matter how much it can hurt

Love conquers the beast

It will be patient and kind

As it waits for the feast

Here I sit watching the sun from the east

Wishing for eternal love and peace

As we seek solace in the sweet embrace

As the winds blow its rage 

On and on to rattle the cage.