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Array ( [sid] => 38017 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Prison Cell Door [time] => 2004-03-09 18:46:45 [hometext] => 'Depression; the battle within. For some life is our depression' [bodytext] => Facing the past is the key to the future.
Your strength turns in on you and you can't breath,
A whole being, crushing itself into suffocation.
Your strength becomes your prison,
Feeding off your own flesh.
The left hand reaching out for the lessons,
The right grasps the suffering more tightly,
Both hands are needed to climb the mountains ahead.
When you realise this and let go,
You turn around to face the future
You learn the prison cell door was never locked.

As the future becomes the present,
And lessons learned are forgotten,
You retreat back to the safety,
In the darkness of the prison cell.
You want to lock the cage but you can't,
Inner battles rage higher,
And then you begin to suffer once more,
So you walk back into your life,
Beyond the prison cell door.
Strength pointing outwards,
Hands empty and free to create.
Heart as clear as crystal.
Let go of love and hate.
Mind as clear as air,
Truth discovered.
Your wise enough to know
That you know nothing.
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Prison Cell Door

Contributed by Osiris on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 06:46:45 PM in AEST
Topic: spiritual

Facing the past is the key to the future.
Your strength turns in on you and you can't breath,
A whole being, crushing itself into suffocation.
Your strength becomes your prison,
Feeding off your own flesh.
The left hand reaching out for the lessons,
The right grasps the suffering more tightly,
Both hands are needed to climb the mountains ahead.
When you realise this and let go,
You turn around to face the future
You learn the prison cell door was never locked.

As the future becomes the present,
And lessons learned are forgotten,
You retreat back to the safety,
In the darkness of the prison cell.
You want to lock the cage but you can't,
Inner battles rage higher,
And then you begin to suffer once more,
So you walk back into your life,
Beyond the prison cell door.
Strength pointing outwards,
Hands empty and free to create.
Heart as clear as crystal.
Let go of love and hate.
Mind as clear as air,
Truth discovered.
Your wise enough to know
That you know nothing.

Copyright © Osiris ... [ 2004-03-09 18:46:45]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Prison Cell Door (User Rating: 1 )
by Remy on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 06:50:00 PM AEST
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interesting write, and encouraging. i like it, good write! ;0)
~Remy~

Re: Prison Cell Door (User Rating: 1 )
by Remy on Tuesday, 9th March 2004 @ 06:50:12 PM AEST
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interesting write, and encouraging. i like it, good write! ;0)
~Remy~

Re: Prison Cell Door (User Rating: 1 )
by spider on Sunday, 11th April 2004 @ 12:53:31 PM AEST
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another one that is really true and makes me realise that im going about life the wrong way. especially like the ending, finishes it well.

Re: Prison Cell Door (User Rating: 1 )
by Osiris on Monday, 12th April 2004 @ 01:36:04 AM AEST
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spider, lifes a learning process, takes a while to get the hang of it for all participants, there are no mistakes, only lessons...well thats how i try to look at it anyway

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