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Isolated

December 13, 2023
By AHSwriter24 PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
AHSwriter24 PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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How did I end up here? 

Quarantined from the rest of the world

As if I didn’t even deserve to think about it

No choice but to commit to the never-ending silence 

Stuck with only my thoughts in boredom

Banished from everything I love to do

How did I find jail without doing a crime?

Muddled with constant questioning,

I realize I took being free for granted 

Confined away from those whom I love 

A punishment in disguise 

I brainstorm ways to escape my fate 

Only to find one solution 

I am stuck


The author's comments:

This is an ekphrastic poem analyzing Aleta Rossi-Steward’s piece, Disintegration.


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