Wednesday, June 11, 2008

trapped: rambling again

i'm frustrated. my brain is cobwebby and i'm trapped by you at all sides. each path of thought leads back to you, and how to help, serve, suffer for you. a conversation i mis-heard today: a slave being reminded that she is only a slave because she believes herself to be, and no longer envisions the exit.

i think about my failures. i think about my baggage, about my shortcomings and my needs, size extra-large. i am self-centered enough to still believe that it is my actions, my choice, to stay or leave, and then i'm caught at all sides again with the realization that - i don't know how. my brain cannot connect the threads of exiting, i cannot conceive of why i would.

a lot of discussion about totality again. i'm not chained to the floor, or even leashed at your side most of the time. i live in the box you created for me, instead. i'm comforted by the rituals the rules and your reasons.

it just seems so simple from where i sit. your word is law, and i obey. how is that confusing?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This really resonated with me. Thank you for writing it.