I am gazing through a murky window
and out to life elsewhere,
I want, I need to open up the hatchway
and let in the fresh air.
But when I venture through the door
and to a life outside,
The punches, Insults hurled at me
leave me n'where to hide.
Johnny Golding
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/locked-in-this-life-of-mine/
