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If you want your life to be a magnificent story, 

then begin by realizing that you are the author 

and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page.

Mark Houlahan

CAPTIVE by Therese Staples Burton

I am my own captive, held within invisible walls.

Unseen yet I feel them, know they are there.

A glass house contains a part of my soul.

I move behind impregnable walls raging with inner turmoil.

Fear, angst keep me immured.

Limits placed by society force me to conform, keeping the lock on this

Prison.

Creativity that burns, glows within this glass dome.

Feel the intense need to create war with the boundaries of society.

I stand within myself gazing at all I desire.

Frustration rips my soul.

Within captivity dreams soar, lighting the sky,

Brilliant swirls, sparks flash, colors dance.

Walls crash down to enclose the glory. Walls of bondage

Created by rejection, misinterpretation and false shame.

I am my own captive, all that pulses within ready to implode,

Waiting to

Be set free.

                                                               -Image & Words by Therese