Imprisonment

Imprisonment!

I cannot see!

For I am trapped!

This prison blinding me

Steely bars stand all around

Outside world immersed in clouds

Thunderclaps

Acridic light

Angry winds

Consume my sight

Taunting hands

My tenuous grip

Wrenching at my illusion

Gathering blindness

Smothering

Questioning this reality

Third degree assaulting me

Have I finally crossed?

Am I lost?

What’s the cost?

Is this insanity my inevitability?

Plagued with fear

These incursions haunt me

Relentless

Ever growing

Still unknowing

What comes after this beginning?

Wearing thin

Silent screaming

Endless shouting

Motioning

Positioning

And then nothing

Sensory projection

Yet no one is listening

Or watching

Seeing is no longer believing

More screaming

Lucid dreaming

The voices scheming

Shocking

Rocking

Angry blocking

Head pounding

Moment mounting

Whispered sounding

Must release them

Must be free

Blind my eyes,

So, I do not see

Pierce my ears,

No sound for me

Take my tongue

Choke my lungs

With mine own hands

This final stand

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R J Schwartz

I write about everything and sometimes nothing at all.I'm fascinated by old things, rusty things, abandoned places, or anywhere that a secret might be unearthed.I'm passionate about history and many of my pieces are anchored in one concept of time or another.I've always been a writer, dating back to my youth, but the last decade has been a time of growth for me.I'm continually pushing the limitations of vocabulary, syntax, and descriptive phrasing.

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