I Want ... A Poem by Zoey McEvoy

I want …

Locked away in a tower,

Watching days drift by hour by hour

Keeping myself busy painting, reading, some candle making

I want to know

I want to go

Mother goes out but here I’m staying

Dreaming of lanterns which leave me awaking

All to do but only one thing to see

I want to go 

I want to grow

I want to see

My hairs length would leave you stopping to stare

Some sort of magic so rare

The ability to heal

Barely feeling real

Long and luscious, they want to steal

When I sing my special song, the power is released

I want to leave

I want to explore 

I want to see

I want so much more

He climbs my tower

Thinking it’s mother, I let my hair down

He appears at the sill

Frightened at first

I smack him, pan in hand

He awakes tied in my hair, offers me a deal

I want to leave

I want to go

I want to love

I want to see

I want freedom

- Z.E. McEvoy

May 2024

My 13 year old daughter had to write a poem for a school assignment, from the perspective of Rapunzel from the Disney movie Tangled. This was that Poem. I really liked it and asked for permission to share it.