Boxed Inn by M Ucles

Boxed Inn

By Maureen Ucles

You've got me

Boxed In

Cornered in all directions
This place

Reeks of basement mold

Packaged peanuts and puffy plastic pillows

or was that your ego?

Inflating my brain

Contusion
Utter
Confusion
So

Concussed

Withering to rust

Oxidation in

this stinking,
stifling,
 stagnant

Boxed INN

Where do  I reside?
In your embrace?

No, more like

a chide

slap across my face

'cause I can't find

anything

in this dastardly, dilapidated

place

incarcerated --
cruel and unusual
torture

 Banished
ostracized
tainted

with my original sin
like

Adam and Eve

South of Eden
North of Nowhere
descending
into depths of darkness
abyss to abysmal
Get me outta of this

horrible,
 hellacious,
 horrendous

Boxed Inn

 Hotel California
Checking in
No way out
wanna
gonna

Tear down
 wailing walls

crumbling
piece by piece
inch by inch
imploding,
exploding
onto me
Boxed Inn
Out

 Reaching

 beyond reach

grasping

a glimpse

any spark

light eternal

the heavens

I

gravitate

 encapsulate

the tangible

surreal

peace...peace

permeates
possibly

infiltrates

my being

Me, myself and I

without you--

outside this 
cruel confinement

into solemn serenity

Boxed Inn

No more
checking out!