Time's Prison

If you call out loudly,
  the past will find you

The pain but a looking glass,
  all time a shroud

As memory surrounds,
  its prison reopens

Chaining the present
  —locking the future down

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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July 21, 2022 at 12:12 PM
Keep praying... be free. This is a powerful write. Well done. Ann
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July 21, 2022 at 2:58 PM
Thanks Ann
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