Suicidal Cell Block BluesA Story by Theodore VelvetHere's hoping this will change your mind about somethingLiving in
this chamber my spirits have been dead When the
inmates’ aura takes hue of muddied red I lock
myself away where I won’t get in a fight I turn down
at my bunk, simply concentrate and write Till
disloyal wrists impugned my body’s disguise Alas, using
my pen to slit them was unwise For when
the guards saw depression’s tangible expense They showed
their findings to The MAN, Whose guilt’s recompense Was to take
my pen from me, restricting work’s growth Sabotaging
blatantly hope and spirit both
My pen
stripped from my hands, I turned To a guitar
whose tunes I learned The feeling
of the strings so stiff Arranged my
mind to think as if I’d never
been sad in my life, And strings
took my focus off strife Till one
day revealed what it was And
depressed that truly it does Nothing, my
solemn view told, That until
my body is cold In this
cell I’d rot in despair. Upon
grasping the fate I’d wear I tied the
strings together right And fixed
them around my neck tight Attempted
to deck my live corpse high And just
before I choked, “Goodbye,” Entered The
MAN, His handcuffs jangle HE removed me
from my dangle HE cuffed me,
roughed me, scuffed me good Told me, “Harken, for thine own good,” I’m taking
thy strings, they scare me- It’s dreadful
strings that impair thee.” Absent are refrains of the past Silenced as are pains of the last “It’s for thy safeness,” HE assured His only proof being His Word. Of writing and music devoid A barely vital humanoid I sleep on my bunk without hope Imagination lost its scope Life lacking in infrastructure My hollow heart has been punctured.
Discerning man’s prime axiom One can attest it is to cum So I mustered my sad remnants, Briefly checked for other tenants, And commenced the stimulation I seeked self-gratification But, due to my despondent mood, Bliss came not of process crude In my bed I was disinclined Outside my bed I’d come to find Something to provoke sweet climax Of loins whom apathy attacks Renders useless by disinterest In things besides physical rest And so, to retake pleasure lost What must be paid but a small cost Asphyxiate thyself and feel; Feeling itself is the appeal Thus, with plan and focused tension By clasped throat came sensed ascension So close to reaching pleasure’s peak Was I when there was a loud creak Entered THE MAN, Who had espied Myself, hands round my neck, and pried, “What dost thou desire to conduce? Have not thou reason to adduce For thine obsession with danger? To thee, fitness is a stranger.” In the pit of His genius mind A resolution HE did find Smartly moral was His answer To the issue of my cancer
Now I can’t write or play guitar Thanks to THE MAN, watching from far HE fixed my grief with His commands And all HE did was break my hands.
Choices mad, made by
me Only make me regress THE MAN knows my journey Omniscient and
selfless HE helps me to be free And freed by HIM I’ll be I’ll make myself
helpless And I won’t hear or
see Vagaries conceived
just impede THE MAN’s Grand Plan, for HE’s to lead Only by knowing less Can His aid come to
me
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Added on February 1, 2015 Last Updated on February 1, 2015 Tags: Depression, Control, Power, Suicide AuthorTheodore VelvetMontgomery, NYAboutTheodore Velvet is an aspiring new writer. His talents include reading, writing, and giving a f**k. His work is for those who care to take a journey within themselves and find the darkest substa.. more..Writing
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