Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage
In personal bondage many souls partake
self-made cells bottle rage
Chains laid by guilt
Shackled with minds of pain
Our confines we have built
In captivity sanity wanes
We seek freedom, to taste liberty
One hand held back by the other
Hesitance fuels this travesty
Hope, fear shall smother
Sick cycle will forever flow
On until one learns to let go
Author notes
First two lines from Richard Lovelace's "To Althea From Prison" lines 25-26
Written May 19th, 2006
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I really like this - thank you for your entry
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Sedasia pulled the words right out of my mouth. Fantastic work!
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I'm sitting back in my chair going wow. You speak with a poet's insight that I rarely see anymore. You do not speak of worldly exhibits, of "example" or of sadnesses that have been digested too many times in the same ways, but instead, you attack the origin of us-the feral qualities we possess where we try desperately to remain civil. This poem speaks of the tortures of the mind.. the spirit.. and how it plays havoc with our lives, our progression through this existence and our sanity.
This is amazing poetry.
Although I couldn't pick out the best parts, because I clicked on many throughout this poem and chose then another, this stuck with me:
Hope, fear shall smother
We have bigger lessons to learn.. as we look inside. That is where this poem took me.
Sedie -
very good
this was beutiful,
i liked it, it was very deep. -
I love it.. very depressing and low i love anyhting that makes a person think!!! Very very god... youve go ttalent!!
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