Monday, December 22, 2008

PRISON WALLS


by: Author Unknown,

I'm in prison

jail, incarcerated

No, not with three brick

walls and one

of iron bars

but prison nevertheless

I can walk around, go where I want

I could travel the world

You can't see the walls

and you don't have to sign in

to see me, or get frisked

for security reasons

But I'm still in prison

the prison of the mind

I know the dimensions

yes I've paced it off

God, I've been here long enough

The walls are high and strong

but not made of anything

that man can physically breakthrough

they're made of fear and betrayal

My cell is cluttered, furnished with

anger, hate, responsibility, unrequited love,

lack of trust, but the need to belong

fights against the need to be free

the need to be me

Oh, I can see the outside world

through my small window

and sometimes what I see makes

me feel safe in prison

sometimes the walls start to crumble

and I reach out to grasp the hand waiting

but then something happens to stop me

and the walls become as thick as a mountain

Right now the walls are growing wider, stronger, thicker

endless.

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