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A Battered Soul
By Jeannie Eckstine
Lost and consumed
Placed in a poisonous cage
Minds’ being sentenced to life
Jagged steel stabs like a knife
Locked the door while walls were built
Threw away the key to hide quilt
Diving
Winds already blown
Head held high
Silenced the thoughts
Swimming
We slipped off the mound
Getting caught in a net of lie's
Look into them dreadful eyes’
Suffocating
Longing to breathe
Stinging rays
We got stuck in current ways
Drowning
Our ship's heart's sinking
Tossed out a raft to keep them afloat
There's no life on this boat
Crashing the shore against waves
All I saw were two open graves