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Trapped
Why is it said that the worst punishment is to be trapped and confined?
Try being free
But feeling trapped
Imagine having a voice
With no one to hear it
Imagine having thoughts
With no one to listen to them
Imagine having a hand
With no one to hold it
Try being among a thousand people
But feeling alone
Try running in open plains
But feeling boxed in
Try having emotions
But no one to understand how you show them
Picture craving human touch
But fearing the contact
Picture desiring to live an adventure
But feeling pain from loud sounds alone
Picture longing to share your wonderments with
But having no way for them to understand the way you see things
Envision avoiding loneliness
By creating friends of your own
Envision avoiding feeling frightened
By going on adventures in books
Then envision realizing that all your adventures and friends
Can’t help you in the real world that they are all just for nothing
So after imagining all of this
Realize that the whole time you have been free
So is entrapment and confinement truly the worst punishment
Or is there a punishment greater?
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