Book Review: KADRINCHE beyond words

Oh! the lies I tell myself
The cloth I tie over my eyes
And the songs I put on
To drown out the voices in my head
The promises I made myself
To move on, to let go and to change

I am waiting by myself in this crowd
Thinking, wishing and praying
To be freed from these self-made shackles
That bind me to my past
And keep me from reaching forward
And finally breathe in the colors of life

And so I write
For that's the one thing
That brings me the closest
To the freedom I so desperately seek
And pour out concoctions of feelings
And thoughts that run deep in my heart