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Suicidal Prison

December 30, 2012
By Anonymous

I'm a prisoner in my own home
Don't want to wear these shackles anymore
I just want to take life and slap it in the face
For once, can't I interact with the human race?
But no, I'm stuck throwing pebbles at the wall
While everybody else is at the freaking mall

How come everybody's got the best of me?
I didn't know having a life was a felony
It's like my life is a game
Yet I don't get to move the pieces
It's like everybody around me
Knows all my secrets
Get me out of this life before I really commit a crime
This sentence feels like a lifetime

This prison is suicidal
Wy does everybody think they're entitled
to make my life suicidal?

This isn't a board game
They're making my life insane
Why is everything so complicated?
I'm getting really frustrated

But no matter how many times I try
I can't seem to go back from this life of mine
It's like they locked me up and forced me to swallow the key
I can't seem to get me out of me


The author's comments:
My favorite lines are "It's like they locked me up and forced me to swallow the key. I can't seem to get me out of me".

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on Jan. 2 2013 at 9:25 pm
EatWriteSleep PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars- Oscar Wilde

Thank you! The last two lines are my favorite, also. :)

on Jan. 2 2013 at 9:25 pm
EatWriteSleep PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
48 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars- Oscar Wilde

Thank you so much!

on Jan. 2 2013 at 7:15 pm
HPRGSuperFan GOLD, Indian Creek, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
--Ludwig Wittgenstein

Extremely beautiful. I love the emotional description and I wish you the best of luck!

on Jan. 2 2013 at 6:47 pm
WaffleOcean2934 PLATINUM, Rogers, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams-Eleanor Roosevelt

I really like the last two lines!  I've never heard anything like that before.  Nice work on it!  

on Jan. 2 2013 at 12:45 pm
EatWriteSleep PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
48 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars- Oscar Wilde

Not really sure why this is listed as anonymous, because I wrote the poem. Well, anyway, I hope you like it!