(August 21 1990 / Belgium)

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A Prisoner of the Mind

Locked in dark alleys of lost hope –
thunder clouds appear everywhere;
loud noises, are amplified as a cloth…
is thrown over the cage like a bird trapped
into time; with nowhere to turn but just
in the forsaken cage of walls.

A prisoner of the mind is:
when no noises of freedom are brought into sight.
But a despair of darkness overcomes
within the world of a desperate
globe that is turned upside down as;
dark alleys lope around:
a prisoner of the mind.

Submitted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Edited: Wednesday, May 27, 2009


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  • Mark R Slaughter (3/4/2009 10:00:00 AM)

    Very sad poem but again, nicely written. I enjoy your dark poems Celine. You express yourself well.
    Mark

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  • Karin Anderson (sorry can't vote or comment) . (2/11/2009 12:17:00 AM)

    Lots of startling imagery here. You paint a picture of darkness and loss of hope. Excellent work though, but I feel you need a Valentine Poem. Karin Anderson

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  • Vaibhav Pandey (2/3/2009 7:37:00 AM)

    sad but powerful.....you wrote this one passionately....I liked it.

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  • PERSIAN NIGHTINGALE (2/2/2009 12:31:00 PM)

    dark poem, well done................open the lock

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  • Kevin Wells (1/29/2009 2:58:00 PM)

    Celine...
    I read this through several times, each time slower than the first. I feel a tempo to this that tells me that this was as much released from the spirit as it was written by the hand. A lot of angst that poured out and perhaps, there remains much more that needs to be exorcised..There is a strong impression of the biographical mixed with the observational in this piece. Very well written in a way that gives the discerning spirit a little peek into your heart.
    Kev.

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  • Naseer Ahmed Nasir (1/29/2009 11:49:00 AM)

    Seems to be trapped in narrow passages of the life..... Another good one Celine..... keep it up.....10.

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  • Scott Austin (1/29/2009 2:02:00 AM)

    Your expression in this write gives the feeling of be trapped, well done.

    Scott

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  • Greenwolfe 1962 (1/28/2009 11:41:00 AM)

    This description was so vivid that it was as if the prison of the mind was a place you have been. Perish the thought.

    GW62

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