Emotional Ransom

I’m a hostage

A prisoner

Bound by thoughts, memories

Trapped inside my own mind

Seen only by the radar guards

Marching forward once

Then backwards twice

I’m a prisoner

Held hostage

By neuronal pulses

Hormonal fluctuations

By sparks that light

But don’t connect

Kept for ransom

A price

More than

I can pay

Seeking shelter

Looking for answers

In the scrapings

Leftover from a lifetime

Of bondage

To an army

So stealth

I can only sense

But not see

Watched over

Or so I am told

Just look

I will see

Give it up

Set myself free

I am a prisoner

Held hostage

Kept For Ransom:

a price more powerful,

more potent,

more painful

left unpaid