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The War Inside the Cage of Understanding
What is right?
 What is wrong?
 I long to find the answer
 It seems so simple
 One or the other
 But the answer isn’t carved in stone
 The answer prances around me
 Laughing, pointing
 It seeks for me to loose it
 I can’t stop entertaining it
 So simple, so complicated
 Someone please help me find the solution
 
 Where is the justice?
 Where is the law?
 The world rages war over something it can’t comprehend
 I’m stuck in the middle
 My conscience confused
 I cannot bring myself to decide
 I feel I know the answer
 But where is the evidence?
 Does the solution reside on one hand, or the other?
 All I need is a sign
 A landmark, a guide
 But there is none, and I am stuck alone at crossroads
 
 The world is angry
 It begs me to decide
 But my body will not move an inch
 I am wallowing in pain
 In hurt and confliction
 I scream at the chaos to tell me which way
 But it is silent
 And I am alone
 I sit and wait for the answer
 The answer walks in the dark
 Hiding and waiting
 Waiting for me to make a decision
 
 Every time I try,
 Evidence shows the opposite
 My Heart and Head are at war
 Is it on one side?
 Or the other?
 Or somewhere in between?
 I change my perspective
 Trying a different view
 But it only boggles me more
 Is it simple?
 Is it complicated?
 Is it something beyond my comprehension?
 I call out
 I scratch at the walls
 Begging them to let me out of here
 
 I scream
 I throw my body in rage
 Why can’t I figure this out?
 Please tell me
 Show me
 Because I can’t take this any longer
 This confliction
 Is more than I can take
 Now I fear I soon may die
 I am desperate
 For a peace
 A peace everyone else seems to know
 
 I don’t want this struggle
 It’s wearing me down
 It’s like a grudge I cannot loose
 Don’t leave me here
 Alone and confused
 Chained to my Heart and Head
 They slowly pull
 Tearing me apart
 Only wish for one thing
 If I decide
 They will stop
 But even with their motivation it’s impossible
 I only wish for 
 Peace inside my mind
 Please stop the war inside

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