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Glass House Blues

Please throw a rock so I can be free Shatter these clear walls of my house I'm tired of living in a clear prison The outside search lights are awfully bright Shatter these clear walls of my house At times I feel like I'm going crazy The outside search lights are awfully bright There's no shade when you live behind glass At times I feel like I'm going crazy You see me and think you understand There's no shade when you live behind glass So I retreat to the sanctuary of my mind You see me and think you understand In reality you do not have a clue So I retreat to the sanctuary of my mind It is privacy that I wish I could find In reality you don't have a clue I'm tired of living in a clear prison It is privacy that I wish I could find Please throw a rock so I can be free Frank H got me to thinking what it would be like to live in a glass house.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 10/10/2013 8:46:00 AM
No walls glass or otherwise can hold the imaginative and moving words that flow from your mind. The poems will seep out of every crevice. Every time you retreat into your sanctuary you free yourself.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/10/2013 9:54:00 AM
You have really made my day today Monterey!
Date: 9/28/2013 11:54:00 PM
Hi Richard; We will all throw a rock and set you free. I enjoyed this very much. .. Lucilla
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/29/2013 12:17:00 PM
Thanks Lucilla. :0)
Date: 9/28/2013 8:09:00 PM
I really like it, Richard! jimbo
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/29/2013 12:18:00 PM
Thanks Jimbo!
Date: 9/28/2013 4:03:00 PM
an interesting take on the theme. to be seen and not understood can be difficult. good write...I enjoyed this thoughtful poem.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/28/2013 4:04:00 PM
Thabnks Wayne, I appreciate the visit.
Date: 9/28/2013 11:28:00 AM
shaterring expo of feelings.. makes me uncomfortable and yet freeing, rich... way to go!..:) huggs
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/28/2013 4:05:00 PM
Thanks Nette, I like your reaction to this one.
Date: 9/28/2013 9:03:00 AM
Reading the poem reminds of the movie The Glass House, but I can relate to the feelings of living in a glass house. Richard
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/28/2013 4:06:00 PM
Thanks Dr . Ram
Date: 9/28/2013 7:59:00 AM
So many levels...so many thoughts...What an opening line...Astounding
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/28/2013 8:16:00 AM
Thanks Eileen, I was missing your comments.

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