Under the Rock

Alcatraz Island-based 8-line fibonacci entry for 2/26 Writer's Cramp.

Under the Rock


Dawn
through
the bars
torments us.
Captives all, we long
for unfettered sunshine and air,
and for pounding surf gently misting down on bare skin.
Dark uniforms and darker nightsticks silence us, their owners trapped even as we are.

Form note ▶︎

A fibonacci poem is based on the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc.), where each line has a corresponding number of syllables.