Caged

Emerge from my solitude, stare at the page,
To learn something new then return to my cage.
Pray for the best, but it never does come,
I read painful words, depression, succumb.
Some days, your true feeling, you pleasantly hide,
But still on most days, you express suicide.
I pray you don’t tell me that you’ve done yourself harm,
But I’d hate to find out when I look at you arm.
So far from the world, so what can I do?
Return to my cage, my worries accrue.
Why do you hurt me?  Don’t leave me.  Don’t die,
Helplessly distraught, I feel I might cry.