These walls
seem higher today
These bars seem
closer
The invisible
barrier
Tightens around
me
This self-made
cell
From which
there is no escape
I push against
this wall
A wall that I
have built around myself
Willingly
sentencing myself
To a lifetime
in prison
They cannot be
seen
Yet they have
grown so strong
That even I,
their creator
Cannot bring them
down anymore
I look around me
For a means of
escape
Only to realize
It’s just a
curve in the wall
A bend, a corner
Around which
There lies
nothing…
Nothing but
another room
An empty space
An add-on to my
cell
A mirage
An idea of
freedom
Just another
form
Of confinement
Changing the
shape
Of the prison
Doesn’t set one
free
All it does is
Simply create
An illusion
Of variety
In the mundanity
Of this
hopeless life
~Shamshaad~
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