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Prisoner of the Past

I want to take you on a journey, From the present back to the past. To take a moment to reflect on, A possibility of why things do not last. I want you to take some time to reflect, On some of the things that you’ve gone through. Some of the things that created gigantic hurdles, That you are still fighting without having any clue. I want you to remember when, Those harsh words were spoken to you. Those words that still stick in your mind, For years and years all the way through. In your original plans back in the days, You had high hopes along with your dreams. But they were diminished by the advice of some others, And caused you to go through many extremes In a sense you had been deprived of your liberty, To operate in this present of the end of the times. To meet the maximum of the most of the potential you had, You still unto this day remember the lines. And some of those situations, That you had to face, back then. Are still staring you directly in the face, Because they have never left you from within. It’s a sense of your freedom being taken away, Being mentally put into confinement involuntarily. Not being able to reach successfully for the future, Because your mental state of mind was damaged purposefully. You have emotionally been locked up for so long, That you don’t even realize that you are presently free. Mentally restrained or captured if I may say, You had lost your very own future’s custody. If this controls you at this very moment, Then bondage still has control of you. And the goals that you have set up for yourself, You will need to be delivered in order to see them through Well we are now at present and I want to ask you this, I want to know if I were to right now ask “Are you now able to achieve your goals?” Or are you still suffering as a “Prisoner of the Past”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 9/25/2009 6:22:00 AM
A very thought provoking poem you have written here Dwayne. I enjoyed reading it. Love, Carol
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