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Emotional Purgatory

Maybe if I could do what I wanted Go wherever I wanted… I’m detained My emotions My thoughts My opinions My wants Are non-existant Im passive I submit I’m not I am not Everything is okay Nothing matters I won’t be anything here but submissive/insignificant/nobody My Self has fled Im DOC# 454056 Imma get by Imma get out I hope my Self won’t remain dormant in submission I hope my Self will recover from numbness and incorporate some of the qualities Of DOC# 454056 This is not depression This is emotional purgatory I don’t know anything – I knew something I knew opposition Opposition was on fire Now frozen over by passivity

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Date: 4/26/2021 9:03:00 AM
Middle ground
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Date: 2/10/2015 11:20:00 PM
No matter how long the time.. They can trap your body but can't trap your mind.
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Date: 12/12/2013 12:29:00 AM
My God can I relate. Very powerful and resonating. Thank you for this wonderful write.
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