detained.

I had been working on telling you the truth for years.
Keeping it all tucked safely away at the back of the vault that is my mind.
It lies in wait.
Watching for just the right moment to pounce on all the false promises you say.
They fall on me like bricks, hitting away all of my defenses.
And just when I believe that these words I've stored will surface,
you tell me all these lies to keep me right where you want me.
You wrap me around your thick fingers like a rubber band.
Yet I cut off no circulation.
And you're still relentless in your tall tales.
I soak them up because I need to believe them in order to keep moving on.
I need to stay quiet and accept them.
Like you are some wise old king.
And I am just some silly little princess with silly little idea's.
You pump me full of hope with your bedroom eyes.
Kiss away every doubt until I'm left begging for you to stay when it should be the other way around.
The world has so much to offer me yet I waste time in allowing you to keep me here.
I am Rapunzel, trapped in your castle of lies.
And you? You're my knight in shining armor.
But you have no plan to save me.