Restrictions of the Mind

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    • terrificlee
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    Restrictions of the Mind

     Left behind to sweep through
    the ashes of a charred life.
    Not restricted by a wicked stepmother or ugly stepsisters,
    but by demons of the mind.

    Never feeling good enough
    whatever the circumstance may be.
    Dressed in rags of despair.
    Outfitted in cobwebs of the mind.

    Like a cobblestone street
    under carriage and horses feet,
    trampled, run over.
    Trodden by ghosts of the mind.

    Never daring to dream
    until an Angel with the magic
    of a skilled psychologist and therapist
    helped release the debris of a cluttered mind.

    Now dressed to attend the ball!

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    Tempestlady commented on Restrictions of the Mind

    07-15-2009

    Cinderella, meets Molly Mcgrue, sees a doctor nd gets a free pass. Don't lose your show, or maybe i should say "break a leg". Well written, honest and direct. great parallel with Cinderella, and the story book ideology. Good write. Prefer rhyme, but good messge. Write on.....
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    ApatheticFish commented on Restrictions of the Mind

    05-25-2009

    I really, really like this! When we chatted earlier you said you weren't that good a poetry, but I'm going to have to disagree! I love the layers in this and how you used a fairy tale as an allegory to how you feel. I also liked how each stanza was four lines and ended with "mind." Please keep writing!
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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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