Imprisoned

By cre

I find myself
In wry amusement
Choking back the tears
I consider all the fears
I've catered to for life
It's a funny end.

These are the days
In which
Seconds whisper finality
To the inside of my head
And I realize an overwhelming desire
To wake up dead.

Yet my living hours were spent
In fear of retribution
The threats that I perceived
Were subject to no dilution
I quaked, and cried
And prayed to die
It took me far too long to see
The evil that I feared had no power over me.

Now there's irony
For all I seek is peace
I want to drop this no-good lease
But the fear instilled
Is a fear of what awaits
In bitter tones my laugh escapes.

And in the end, I find I cannot flee;
They have won, through fear
For it's fear that has imprisoned me.

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Copyright 2003 cre
Published on Sunday, August 3, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Solace On Monday, March 28, 2005, Solace (1069)By person wrote:

    There are some commonly used phrases here, but put forth in such a way as to be fresh and worth reading, head and dead are a most common ryhme but your use of it is not redundant...well done

  • BoldSolitude On Monday, April 5, 2004, BoldSolitude (214)By person wrote:

    Wanting to die and escape lifes prison but the fear of death keeps you alive, thus fear becomes the prison. The struggle was very well portrayed.

  • A former member wrote: This one kinda... crawls into me. I cant get it out of my mind. Its very well written but more than that... its sincere. And I can apprecaite that more than anything. ^aura^

  • KittyStryker On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    ditch him. ::claps hands over mouth::

  • KittyStryker On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    ahem, what i mean is... honey... if you feel this way... even if it's uncomfortable but familiar... you deserve better. so go get better. :)

  • A former member wrote: I felt I could really relate to your words in the poem, very striking, I really love it. a_o_h

  • Six-Out On Monday, August 4, 2003, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    Nice...I don't know what to say really. I mean, I love the way this is written. The overdone theme does not bring this down at all, it's still wonderful. Great job.

  • cre On Monday, August 4, 2003, cre (411)By person wrote:

    thanks. it's not so much about suicide . . . more about feeling trapped in life. tnx for the comment :)


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