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Locked In


Does your secret life

define you

An image

not portrayed

Brush strokes darkened

pigments dyed 

Your life force

oft betrayed  

 

Do the secrets

keep you prisoner

Are the bars

each choice you make

The key to freedom

lost and gone

Alone with your

— mistakes

 

(Dreamsleep: July, 2024)

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