Tag Archives: escape

My Show Now

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

I am beginning to work. I’ve planned my performance alone. I have escaped your shadow. The lights shine on me alone now. I step into the dark tent quietly. I am stronger when the crowd cheers. I am just as … Continue reading →

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Points

Posted on February 1, 2015 by

At work, the hours plod along. I spend too much time enslaved. I want to escape and run away. I don’t see a point to the office. I face the same issues again and again. I want to escape and … Continue reading →

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Escape

Posted on June 24, 2014 by

My spirit yearns for escape. Bonds of the flesh are a burden. My rivers of habit resist new courses. The young streams dug deep paths. \Now they restrict my growth today. My soul longs to worship worthwhile goals. Lesser goals … Continue reading →

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Great Potential

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

Once I had great potential. I was unaware of any limitations. I felt I had total control. Later, I was smashed down by reality. I saw no escape anymore. The world was but a burden. I have a better perspective … Continue reading →

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Anger

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

I could not ignore the fury of the beast. It was in this world unwillingly. It raged against its iron cage. It hated the noises that filled the city. It tried to bend the bars of its prison. It only … Continue reading →

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