Trapt
O Mind! Fickle and cruel o'er aught else; No
Escape of wings and feet. I run, yet fall.
In this soft trap I find only hard woe.
Were that I could find words to stand so tall.
Find new heights. Find myself. Fix myself.
Intelligence, sew strong its thread of worth.
Worthy insofar as having a wealth
Of "skill"; capacity. Safety; a dearth
Is within me. Struggle, fulfill, succeed.
A fight 'gainst that nature. Secrets all kept
E'en from white paper. All kept inside. A creed
To keep. Conscious, unshorn truth; we all wept.
O! Keep on track, my friend. Existence
Is not so bad as to deny all, hence.
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