[Verse]
Fear leaks out my pores
stinging as it rolls down
running on and on
I turn my head around
And I see
You’re still chasing me
So I run on
I run on
[Verse]
Dread crawls up my spine
claws reach down my throat
crushing me inside
until I choke
I try to hide
to turn aside
but I don’t
no I don’t
[Chorus]
I run away then back again
I can’t stay but here I am
My choices are not made by me anymore
since I became yours
I’m chained to you
I’m bound and gagged
I try to scream
You pull my strings
and I lay down
I just lay down
[Verse]
There’s no way out…only through
I see a light shining from you
I won’t close my eyes anymore
I start swimming to the shore
I am safe
I am free
no one pulls my strings
You gave me peace…
[Bridge]
And you gave me bravery…
you gave me hope
You gave me the keys
you cut my ropes
now I have a life
I can be proud of
because you gave me love!
You gave me Love!
You gave me love.
You gave me love.
Here I sit, as the King upon my throne.
Logic bound and gagged by Fight and Flight.
Amygdala, my Kingdom of hormones,
turn up heart rate, improve hearing and sight.
Perspiration, my signature cologne.
The monster carried a copper saber in his left hand, giving me a fright.
He was slashing an imaginary foe with a bronze sword in his right.
Upon closer inspection I saw this skeleton’s all-knowing green eye
For a pirate who was long deceased, he was definitely a scary guy.
I stepped out of the way and watched him run another through.
The guy gave a gasp, collapsed, and fell into a funk of solid blue.
Skeleton pirate heard my gasp and hissed “My name is Hank!”
Within seconds he was making another child walk the plank.
The child was bound and gagged, so I jumped into the water too.
It was the most gorgeous ocean, with ribbons of periwinkle blue.
The child was grateful to be saved, and told his story to the police.
I tried to back him up, but it did not work. He introduced himself as Reese.
One day she left her house, feeling out of sorts
as if some premonition spoke to her.
It said to just stay home; to not go out.
No logic in this, though, could she infer.
She ran her errands, then bought groceries.
To her car she went, exiting the store.
Discombobulation hit! Something wasn’t right.
That feeling now she just could not ignore.
A handsome man approached her as she neared her car.
It seemed as if that guy came out of nowhere.
She saw his knife, then felt its menace at her back.
She looked around; the parking lot was bare.
Discomfort and confusion turned into grave fear.
Like acid in her throat, great dread was rising.
Bound and gagged, how she wished she’d listened
to her instinct! Sadly, her fate was not surprising.
she binds her own hands
keeping her true self away from herself
shuts her mouth tighter than a refrigerator door
nothing oozes out, or hints to her feelings
she is as closed as I am eager
I want her to unbind her hands
I want her to open her lips
and speak her heart
but it is not to be
she keeps herself bound and gagged
taking her heart hostage, not allowing it to breathe
revealing nothing of her emotions
closed and terrified, living a half life
this is her choice
no one can unbind her hands
no one can live her truth
or follow her heart
if she is determined to remain bound
Supari raped Berry repeatedly,bound,and gagged her in the basement.
The next day,her seventeenth birthday,he gave her food and a shower,
then locked her back in the dark basement with only a TV for company.
Two days later,he chained her in an upstairs bedroom with a trash can
for a toilet.In the first six days,she was raped at least twenty-five times.
The weeks went by,each day like the last,spent alone,punctuated by
multiple saxual assaults,a diet of once-a-day junk food,and occasional
breaks when Supari let her watch TV with him downstairs.Zafar almost
strangled her while telling her he did not want to kill her,he just had a
saxual problem he was satisfying by repeatedly raping her.(SUPARI)
Note.Zafar Khan Supari loves to satisfy his diik by injecting Chick..
free to dream
of thoughts that dare
reach out beyond confines
confines set by those
who would have us
bound and gagged
confines set by those
who have us grounded
and clipped our wings
by those misguided
who underestimate our spirits
free of shackles
if only in our minds
AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022
In New Orleans for some highjinks.
Here to rally ‘round the flag.
She’ll be open to suggestion
When I’ve got her bound and gagged.
I won’t need to solve the riddle
Of the chicken or the egg
To distinguish first from foremost
While I’m making Mandy beg.
You can bet your bottom dollar
Gonna taste forbidden fruit
On a fragrant bed of roses
In this house of ill repute.
Hog the limelight. Gild the lily.
Need to take her down a peg,
Teach her all the whys and wherefores
As I’m making Mandy beg.
There be rotten things in Denmark:
Humble pie and bathtub gin,
Sour grapes with gall & wormwood,
Magdalena’s Den of Sin.
Gonna need a pot to piss in.
Go and tap another keg.
She’ll be forced to face the music
When I’m making Mandy beg.
There’ll be ample food for thought
When I talk turkey with the cook.
I’ll be tickling her fancy
Till she babbles like a brook.
Then I’ll call her on the carpet
As the juice runs down her leg.
Demon rum, Miss Goodie Two-shoes,
I’m just making Mandy beg.
Tears in a revolution
Tear gas from the institution
The judge doesn't know their names
But the whole world was watching
A panther put with the bunch
Bound and gagged, with no lunch
A political trail they said was never done
They dressed as pigs, having fun
A biased look on democracy
Speak your peace, though peacefully
The billy bats swang
And heads were cracked
Revolution is in the air
Every movement tracked.
So here we are
What have we learnt?
Adjourn the trail
Let the panther free
Racism is still alive in humanity...
The lonesome tree can stand so proud,
By babbling brook, no friend is found,
Life is dark for all to see,
And evil hope is filled with glee.
The fish that swims with the current dies,
The desolate bird refuses to fly,
Life is dark, It laughs at me,
Bound and gagged in slavery.
Innocence lost, to be never found,
But lonesome tree is still around,
For when its all been said and done,
Life is dark and not much fun.
In my mind I try to see,
A place where I can just be me,
I cannot find a place to go,
That let's me be the me I know,
They all expect a certain me,
The one that they all want to see,
The one that looks the way I should,
I wish I was I wish I could,
But this just isn't me,
The me that they all want to see,
For I am hidden deep inside,
I'm bound and gagged and I am tied,
To everyone's picture of me ,
A picture only they can see,
I need to take myself away,
And be true to me for just one day .
Have you heard who’s coming to town?
Why, she’s only the very best actress in around!
She can make you angry, make you cry
She can make you laugh so hard you’ll wonder if you’re high
Always graceful and always sweet
The kind of girl anyone would want to meet
But when the curtain closes at the end of the day
When she removes her mask, and puts it away
She’s just another faceless girl
Empty and alone in an overrated world
But the show must go on, now where’s our star?
She’s bound and gagged in the trunk of her car!
Someone go get her, she’s terribly late
We mustn’t make these darling fans wait
Unbind her hands, but don’t cut the rope
It’s on to the stage and on with the show
Step into the dress and slip on the gloves
There’s the perfect girl we all know and love!
She takes center stage, Mom must be proud
An encore performance dazzles the crowd
And that’s when the curtain falls
She hangs her mask up on the wall
She opens her trunk, so cozy and safe
Slips into her bindings and takes her place
She sighs as she watches the trunk lid close
Hoping that would be her final show.
Sick n tired of u phonies
No such thing as loyal homies
Shaking hands, hugs
Taking pictures like u love me
Oblivious of the difference
In "friends"and being "friendly"
Try to pull some buckshots
You'll get a not so happily ever ending
Walking around acting as though
They got your back
Next thing ya know
Your the one bound and gagged
No mending this depth of betrayal
Heartbroken the bonds
Now I'll see you in hell
Untrusting instincts throw me off balance
To many people have such skilled acting talents
It's another epidemic
A traitors disease
No type of cure
For mutations like these
Makes me change a slogan
I just can't forgive so,
I choose bloody regret
A phrase p!aced on a tombstone
You forgive but don't forget
The average one is restrained by mental leashes
Bound and gagged twenty four hours a day
A common trap that remains difficult to avoid
The free one is overwhelmed with possibilities
Too much to do in one day
An uncommon landscape that remains hard to locate
Barricades mold the thought process
Love Conquers All
I had enough of lust.
And for a long time, I was waiting for love to knock at my door.
And when I heard the knock, I became excited.
But that quickly faded, when I saw lust standing in the doorway.
I looked behind lust, to see if I could see love.
But lust pushed his way in.
Told me, he bound and gagged Love.
And I wasn’t getting rid of him that easy.
But with all my heart, soul, and might.
I fought lust.
And though it was a struggle, I over came lust.
And he had to leave me.
Defeated.
As I fought lust, Love became lose.
And she found me.
She threw her arms around me, and promised to never leave me.
And we have been together ever since.
Thank You God!
I Love, Love!
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