Life is like a prison
Strict routine
And unforgiving concrete walls.
I wake up,
I am flooded with all the bad
My mind has to offer.
Life is like a cloudy day,
Dark, looming masses,
About to fall and crush you.
I am drowning,
I am lost in a sea of darkness.
I am like a prisoner,
Wake, sleep, repeat,
And in the midst of it, numbness.
At least it's a contrast to the pain.
I am like an animal
Locked in a cage
Bare, barren bars,
Slowly closing in.
I am not a human.
I am talked over
And told that I am worthless.
What makes a man,
If not the struggles that define him?
Is this all?
Life is like a second
Stretching out
Impossible eternities locked in the blink of an eye.
