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The Freedom of Captivity

For the first time in my life

 

I feel a small bit of freedom

 

but now I find that I sometimes

 

miss the prison I came from.

 

As far back as I can remember

 

I’ve hated feeling so trapped,

 

but now that it’s gone

 

I sometimes want that feeling back.

 

Now that I’m free

 

I find I have no excuse

 

for not doing the things

 

I always said I would do.

 

With freedom I’ve found

 

comes the power to choose

 

but with each choice that you make

 

comes the chance that you’ll lose.

 

With each opportunity comes a new chance at failure.

 

With each blessing comes another new curse.

 

To be trapped by circumstance or my own indecision

 

I can’t decide which one is worse.

 

When you can see no way out

 

you make the best of you cage

 

and you learn to find enjoyment

 

in the most unlikely place.

 

When you don’t have a choice

 

you just do what you have to

 

and every good thing

 

seems so much better to you.

 

Now that I have choices

 

each one seems so hard.

 

Trying to decide

 

feels like being pulled apart.

 

I know my situation

 

is much better today,

 

still sometimes I think

 

I’d be better off if I’d stayed

 

in the freedom of captivity.

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