Trapped inside

Yellow nicotine stains the glass, giving my world a jaundice hue.

She took the cranks to keep me from opening the windows. That didn’t stop me though. I worked my fingers bloody on the metal cogs, just for a little breeze, and to see the deep green of the trees outside.

Even with the jalousies open, I’m too big to squeeze through. I’m still trapped inside.

Submitted to Weekly Photo Challenge. The theme was to, “share a picture that says INSIDE.”