System

Never letting me breathe
Like a blanket over me
Smothering me
Never let me breathe the fresh air
The all-pervading cover over me
Tied up in it
Forever enmeshed
Afraid I might escape
The trap I was caught in
Never knowing it was a snare
From whence free
No one would return
But no chain's too strong
To hold one forever
One day I did break the shackles
And did try to run
I was lagging far behind
Did try my level best
To pick up pace
And reach the mark
But years of immobility
Acting like a chain
Though not there
Still in a mesh was I
Trying to catch up
But running out of breath
Why did they do this to me
Why O why
Did you never let me breathe