Is Life A Prison?
To many people they consider their lives are like Prisons. This is especially true for people who are in deep depression. There is a sense of total hopelessness in a depression.
Here is a Poem written by "Puff" and it illustrates this sense of total helplessness.
Life Is A Prison
By Puff
Life is a prison,
Oh God let me out.
No one to listen,
To hear when you shout.
*****
Climb the walls of insanity,
Ride the waves of despair.
If you fall it don't matter,
There's no one to care.
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Used to wish for a window,
To see birds, trees and sky,
But you're better without one -
Stops you aiming too high.
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Watching freedom is painful,
For those locked away.
Seeing joy, love and happiness,
Another price that you pay.
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Strong is good, weak is bad.
Be it false, be it true.
Your mind makes the choice,
And enforces it too.
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Cell walls built by society,
With rules to adhere.
If you breach the acceptable,
You had better beware.
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Hide the pain, carry on,
Routine is the key.
Don't let on that you're not,
What you're pretending to be.
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Lock it all up inside you,
How badly that bodes.
Look out for that one day,
When it all just explodes.
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Leaving naught but a shell,
Base functionality too.
But killing all else,
That was uniquely you.
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So how do you grow,
With a time bomb inside?
Or how to defuse it,
Without destroying its ride?
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You can't.
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A rather sad Poem isn't it? Well, let's look at something not so sad and to many who are in the work force, you may be able to identify with!
| Prison | Office |
All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required |
You get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners |
| You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out | You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars |
| You must deal with sadistic wardens | They are called managers |
| You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell | You spend the majority of your time in an 6X6 cubicle /office |
You get three meals a day fully paid for |
You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it |
| You get time off for good behavior | You get more work for good behaviour |
| The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you | You must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself |
You can watch TV and play games |
You could get fired for watching TV and playing games |
| You get your own toilet | You have to share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat |
| They allow your family and friends to visit | You aren't even supposed to speak to your family |
Sometimes I feel like life is a prison when I have too many problems in my head!
I guess depression is prison itself. Everything caves in
Luckily the toilets are not like those during the jap occupation .
Sure does Princess, me too! Cheers!
Hey perhaps you can share about those toilets!!!! haha!
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