The Lock

Kurt Philip Behm

A prisoner

long muted

An inmate

of time

Its ball

and its chain

Restricts

and defines

 

Promises

broken

With freedom

abjured

The silence

a lock

To bind me

— secure

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2026)

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  • nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson)

    good write friend

  • sorenbarrett

    A prisoner of time indeed Kurt for age is all of our captors from which none of us can escape

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Indeed, thanks !

  • Tristan Robert Lange

    My friend, there is real weight in this. The captivity is emotional, existential, and brutally intimate...the kind that reshapes how a person understands themselves. This hit me hard. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks TR. I try to write aspirationally as to what WE CAN BE, and not only dwell on what we are.



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