Trapped in a prison

Within a cell

Walls behind bars

Caged minds

Wondering souls

Animal instincts kick in

Just to survive

Anger builds

Degraded lives

Animosity and sorrow

Soulful cries

Endless torture

Days on end

No light at the end of the tunnel

And eternal darkness, Is what most crave

Hopelessness, doubt, no self worth

No silver lining, No desire to try, what the hell for

No one sees the true man that lies within

No one can see past the appearance

Of the man I had once been.

No one bothers to look deep inside

How much I regret

All the desire I try to hide

I have dreams too, would you bother to listen

Or have you past your judgment

Based on my condition.

I know where I come from, and I know where I have been

But it’s MY future I choose to believe in

Not your preprogrammed solutions

You shove down my throat

I refuse to be told what I can be

I guess I am the only one who truly sees me

I see the man I want to become

In dreams and visions

My future has yet to come.

But I know me and what I choose to believe

And that is that I’m a man on who is now been set free

Free of the bonds that held me down

Set free of the chains of convicts past

No boundaries are there to keep me still

My choice is my own

I won’t swallow your pill

Of lies and untruths you have chose to create

For I am set free from the ghosts of my past

Set free to be what ever I choose

My futures my own

No matter what I do.

You may have locked me up,

And took all those years

But not another day is yours

My fate no longer sealed

I am the author for the rest of my life

This is my book, my story

I have chosen to write

My ending may not be clear in my mind

But regardless of the ending

It will be mine!