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Trapped

Where did you go, my love, my freedom?

When did you become so enigmatic

Fleeing as my child spirit withers?

So many questions had I for you,

Before you left me, cold and downcast.

Looking into the mud at my feet.

Denied the shimmering sky above me.

Why is it so, that I am trapped,

Among the odious weeds of some sea

Where unspeakable realities grab my ankles,

When all had promised it would not be so.

 

I feel trapped tears now,

Upon my trapped soul.

And cannot cry for want of a shoulder.

I cannot weep my words truly onto page,

For they emerge weak and corrupted,

Manifestation of my incompetence

I cannot stand my foolishness,

For they once told me I had knowledge.

They did not tell me true.

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Jan 31, 2011
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