Pull me out from depths of the prison of panic and fear I inhabit
One small phrase willing words straining against bars of my ribcage to slip through
And be released
Passion the officer responsible for overturning the former guilty verdict
In favor of a tentative plea bargain
To let solitary confinement end
Along with the silence that had been my cell since the very first day
Of my self-inflicted sentence
Now I sense a shift
As the emotion locked tight finally is allowed the sweet taste of freedom
As the door to jail my heart was enclosed in opens with a click
The words I have been holding hostage are trapped no more
Escaping my lips with surprise
My feelings in chains no more
"I love you too"
Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020 at 12:14 AM UTC
Pull me out from depths of the prison of panic and fear I inhabit
One small phrase willing words straining against bars of my ribcage to slip through
And be released
Passion the officer responsible for overturning the former guilty verdict
In favor of a tentative plea bargain
To let solitary confinement end
Along with the silence that had been my cell since the very first day
Of my self-inflicted sentence
Now I sense a shift
As the emotion locked tight finally is allowed the sweet taste of freedom
As the door to jail my heart was enclosed in opens with a click
The words I have been holding hostage are trapped no more
Escaping my lips with surprise
My feelings in chains no more
"I love you too"
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