Prison Guard

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    Prison Guard
    I laid down, my thoughts on fire
    It’d be easier if I was a crier
    Bottled thoughts are breaking free
    And I just cannot let them be

    Maybe sleep will give me the strength
    To fight these thoughts at length
    But sleep stumbles in like a circus buffoon
    Staying just out of reach like a floating balloon

    I laid down, my thoughts on fire
    I must avoid the actions they sire
    I am the guard of my caged inner beast
    Who must never be allowed to feast

    I sleep; I dream; I fight with myself
    Some emotions should stay on a shelf
    I laid down, my thoughts on fire
    Life would be easier if I were a crier

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    hoth2o commented on Prison Guard

    07-18-2009

    I get the feeling of rage and a fight to control it..
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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