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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Flaherty Avatar
April 26, 2021 at 9:03 AM
Middle ground
Sinless Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 11:20 PM
No matter how long the time.. They can trap your body but can't trap your mind.
Hernandez Avatar
December 12, 2013 at 12:29 AM
My God can I relate. Very powerful and resonating. Thank you for this wonderful write.
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