"Turn the Key" Inspired by A List of Cages:

Turn the Key

Trapped

stuck

stagnant

as if complaining about not being able to choose

makes it true.

But we only ever lose the power

if we give it away.

Powerlessness

is a choice we can lay aside

for another—

one that unlocks doors

and walks away from the unwanted

in a new direction.

We will not be caged

by these walls

by the system

by expectations

by prejudices

by the past

by fear

by you

by myself.

We turn the key,

we walk out the door,

and we choose which way to turn.


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