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Friday, January 30, 2004

Alone and afraid, and held taut by an imaginary line,

He is locked away forever in the squalid prison of his mind.

Endlessly, day after day, he stares into a hopeless and cruel eternity,

forever searching, and always grasping for answers to this never ending dream.

Imprisoned is he, in this introverted cell without bars,

trapped in the emptiness of insanity gone too far.

He is a prisoner, and a permanent member of irrelevant time,

for he succumbs without pause, to the torments of his screaming mind.

He screams,

and no one hears,

He cries…

And once again and again

In his mind of fear…

He dies.

J. Allen Wilson � 2004

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Reviewed by Simon Thurlow (Reader)

Reviewed on February 3, 2004

How so many would recgonise this. Strangely, it could also describe depression

Reviewed by Sandy Knauer

Reviewed on February 1, 2004

Of course I love this, as I do everything you write. I'm not sure I'm reading it the way you intended, or seeing what everyone sees so I'm going to come back to it again later. Perhaps, I'm my own prisoner right now.

Reviewed by P. Michaels (Reader)

Reviewed on February 1, 2004

The poem is very insightful and powerful. We could be imprisoned there and not even know it.

Reviewed by Linda Hill

Reviewed on February 1, 2004

Intense, my friend
This screams out at you
and definitely gets the
readers attention.
EXCELLENT OUTSTANDING WRITE!!!

yf, *Linda*

Reviewed by Lisa Hilbers

Reviewed on January 31, 2004

Allen, Very profound write..makes one stop and shudder to think that they would ever be put in a place like that. I know there are many that are though. Excellent write Allen. Lisa

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Whether real or imagined, prisons are deadly as you express so well here. Love and peace to you. Regis

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Powerful write and the depth of being in prison is felt in this one the mind is like that if it is allowed to move in this direction.....
Excellent Depth and verses Allen

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Allen you are so keen in your perceptions, it's scary! It's as if you have experienced every thing you write of. This is so intense and in a way dreadful...Superb write!

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Fantastic powerful write!

Reviewed by Al Swanson (Reader)

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

I thank you for telling us of turmoil's, turmoil's stated are great, to clarify, to outline, and then to encapsulate, dispose of properly into larger turmoil'sand they all emptied eventually to some great and large resevoir, the sky's know of, have heard, al

Reviewed by Vicky Jeter

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Vicky
It seems an increasing number of people are at risk for this
dilemma. As we forget, or never learn how to relate on a human level
we become petrified of precisely what we need the most.
Vulnerability and Contact. Very Good Piece. Vicky

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on January 30, 2004

Prisons in any case are places not to want to live, I feel for anyone that has his/her prison in their mind, my dreams lead me back to a prison time, every now and then, and it is not any less scary than to be really there...excellent write, Al. Enjoy your weekend, Ed & Rufuz

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