Ben Due Iyav: Prisons

Prisons

©2011 Ben Due Iyav

We are here Living in prisons Never mind Us, our walking the streets As if we are free

We are here Living in prisons Our mouths are sealed We don’t speak We only bow

We are here Living in prisons Our hands are tied We don’t work We only gesture

We are here Living in prisons Our legs are in chains We don’t walk We only trek

We are here Living in prisons Our hearts are pierced We don’t live We only pretend

We are here Living in prisons Our minds are death We don’t reason

We only survive on treasons Here in these prisons

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