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*When you want something When you know it is within reach Like water and bread within an inch of the bars of your jail A jail which keeps you as only prisoner Life is joy Life is fair Life isn’t fair Life is cruel To know your limits To know you will never be able to surpass them To know that you will never be accepted It’s eating me up inside Everyday Every week Every year Until the day I die I want to be a part of every day’s course I want to work I want to celebrate I want to try I want to fail I want to live But the mind cannot keep up It tires the body to the very core To see everyone walking past me Leaving me behind It makes me sad It makes me want to cry But I can’t If I could express these feelings of mine Being a prisoner of your own mind To know and to experience I wish I was just ignorant and dumb Being smart but never being able to use it Even a prisoner needs to move forward A life without a goal isn’t worth living I don’t condemn my life I just wished there would be someone who understands I know that I will be a prisoner for life But it would mean so much If there would be someone Who would reach out to me Because it’s just within reach The water and bread In this lonely prison Within my mind*
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Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 2:01 PM UTC
The prison within the mind
*When you want something When you know it is within reach Like water and bread within an inch of the bars of your jail A jail which keeps you as only prisoner Life is joy Life is fair Life isn’t fair Life is cruel To know your limits To know you will never be able to surpass them To know that you will never be accepted It’s eating me up inside Everyday Every week Every year Until the day I die I want to be a part of every day’s course I want to work I want to celebrate I want to try I want to fail I want to live But the mind cannot keep up It tires the body to the very core To see everyone walking past me Leaving me behind It makes me sad It makes me want to cry But I can’t If I could express these feelings of mine Being a prisoner of your own mind To know and to experience I wish I was just ignorant and dumb Being smart but never being able to use it Even a prisoner needs to move forward A life without a goal isn’t worth living I don’t condemn my life I just wished there would be someone who understands I know that I will be a prisoner for life But it would mean so much If there would be someone Who would reach out to me Because it’s just within reach The water and bread In this lonely prison Within my mind*
Living with Autism isn't easy, I enjoy my life but sometimes it is hard to accept that even with all the capabilities that I got, I will never be able to use them freely. There are so many things I want, so less chances and opportunities to make it happen. And to know that there are so few people who understand. Sometimes it makes it hard, but I will never stop trying.
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Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 2:01 PM UTC
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