JUMP OUT ~ JUMP HIGH!

When life has put you in a box, 

Confined and cramped, you want to shout,

Your legs can’t move, no air to breathe,

You’re scared to stay, you’re scared to leave….

Jump Out! ~  Jump High!

Outside the box, life offers more.

Sturdy cardboard sides do bore.

You’ve been labeled and neatly packed,

But vision and inspiration you lack,

Jump Out! ~ Jump High!

Once a hide-away, now a prison,

Losing your rhyme, losing your rhythm.

This box, that you have called home,

Like a hermit crab, you have outgrown.

Jump Out! ~ Jump High!

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

Needed this... still do.. been in that box for awhile now... Your words are like keys to the prison... a release from the bondage of the mind's overwhelming cell.. Maybe this is the year to jump out.. and jump high. Thank you so much, dear poet.

[Antonio Valentino]

Once a hide-away, now a prison,

Losing your rhyme, losing your rhythm.

This box, that you have called home,

Like a hermit crab, you have outgrown.

Jump Out! ~ Jump High!

yeah thats never good.. i know that feeling.. yeah try and expand your horizons before you have a meltdown or something.. feeling trapped, yes, such a big part of life it seems.. thats too bad.. i think im going to do some jumping too.. enjoyed this Nautili.. loved the raw emotion.. let it flow its good for you.. its good for all of us.. :)

[Michael Kevin Spencer]

I do like the message of freedom in this! Seems fitting to read this for the new year as well!

[Nautili]

thanks....it actually came from a word a prophet spoke over me...

[Eagle Cruagh]

I find this poem to be exciting, inspirational
and alive. Good writing, no, an incredible creation.
A message to the world---Jump Out !
Join the living .
Great writing.
Thank you,
----- Eagle Cruagh

[Nautili]

Thank you for your kind review.

[Alvin L. Kathembe]

:) A piece close to my heart! Spread the message!

[JRB]

Nice write, love it's openness in stating
lifes decisions from inside the box call life,,,,

[Robbie~xoxo~]

This is well penned...appeals to life in various ways..
Sometimes we get comfortable in our little box, and we don't realize that we are outgrowing our own space...we get cramped and imprison ourselves. ~Great message.

[LonelySoul]

I see a metaphor about those who might keep their hearts in a shell,safe but never seeing a sunset or feeling rain...jump out jump high...feel the world and everything it offers,how else can one truely be ALIVE?
nice way to think outside of the box too,keep up the good work girl!

[Chris]

Good and ever valid, relevant thoughts.

Wow, this is amazing, so so true, in all you say. Wonderful poetic flow, and clever idea. This one is going into my favs! Thank you Nautili