Saturday, May 17, 2025

Captive

Every moment spent in the living world
I've been trapped in my own prison cell
Lost to time, doomed, leads to a grave
All my transgressions become sorrows
As I'm canceled by the accuser's crowd
Using great violence, noise to overwhelm
I've lost all my dreams, all tomorrows
As authorities demand rioters be silenced
To punish all humans for not knowing truth
Killed for being curious, for needing more
Yet my scorn is hung for everyone to see
Weighing heavy upon broken shoulders
Colored white, light, being gossamer thin
It was a spotless, stainless, burial shroud
Covers my head, about my mouth, a gag
A remnant self esteem leads me to seek
To escape my future, letting me endure
And for my flesh to finally be free
I know, neither my body, nor my mind
Will ever escape my own assassination
Trapped in a pit of pestilence and decay
Hunger consumes hope and endless time
Now captive of my own mind, and lies
My proud flesh turns grey, as it fades
I scream to the empty yet beautiful sky
Lord please let me die than live on
Please, allow freedom in all forms
Or let me find silence in the oblivion
Or let there now fall a cleansing rain
And with justice let this all end