Locked away behind bars of my own thinking,
I have become a ghost,
A shadow of my former self.
My feelings drowning out my reason,
Lost in unbridled waves of fear and self-doubt.
I sink into the pit of isolation,
That I dug out of significance.
Consequently creating my own devastation.
Blind to the light that shines before me,
I burrow down into the depths of my insanity.
Words of love and strength I refuse to hear,
As I continue to cling to my self loathing
The harder I grasp the more I feel alone and desolate,
Until this unreality I make real.
I have lost myself in this deception,
I am the creator of my prison.
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Moonflower15 (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This is about being trapped in your own mind, and not seeing the truth before you.
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Thanks MOONFLOWER (evocative pen-name) Thanks for sharing with us the negativity we all experience (from time to time) of being trapped "Inside our own Minds" there is no escape Day or Night ! We do indeed become LOST in the morass of our own DECEPTION ! I love the reality of the angst in your poems ~ they strike a chord ~ Love you ~ Yours BRIAN (UK)
Thank you. I use poetry as a way to cope with and process my emotions. I find that the more I share, there are others who relate, therefore taking something that can be perceived as negative and turning it into a positive healing experience.
Thanks MOONFLOWER ~ You will find MPS is a very empathetic site ! Poetry is always cathartic and we all support each other by what we write and especially by how we comment ~ Thanks for being my MPS Friend ! Yours BRIAN (UK)
Wonderful piece. It’s amazing that such beauty can come from such a dark prison. Proof that beauty is also found within your mind. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you 🙂
One who is searching may find ways out. Your words dance and bring life to a character who may sound helpless but in full knowledge of one's salvation. Yes, if one knows that oneself is creating a prison, one will break out of it sooner or later. It is a great piece of work.
Thank you. I wrote this as I was figuring out that detriment I was causing myself because of my own thinking surrounding a certain situation. You are absolutely correct. Very perceptive. Thank you for the wonderful feedback
I did not want to acknowledge it was you, the character in the poem 🙂 You wrote it. So, already you are higher that the person in the poem. May the force be with you!
I swear you have just become transcendent and jumped into my brain! Brilliant writing, could never have explained it so well.
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