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Joe Ink
Student @ University of Abuja
Student @ University of Abuja
PRISON INSIDE MY HEAD
<p><br/></p><p>They say prison has walls, iron bars, and locked doors.</p><p><br/></p><p>But what happens when the prison is inside your head?</p><p><br/></p><p>No bars to break.</p><p>No doors to escape.</p><p>Just you, your thoughts, and a war nobody sees.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wake up smiling, telling everyone, I'm fine, while my mind fights battles my lips cannot explain.</p><p><br/></p><p>My memories become chains.</p><p>My fears become guards.</p><p>My regrets become judges, sentencing me to sleepless nights.</p><p><br/></p><p>I replay old conversations, remember past mistakes, and question my worth.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, I laugh with people while silently begging my mind for peace.</p><p><br/></p><p>Have you ever wanted to talk but couldn't find the words?</p><p>Have you ever said, I'm okay, simply because explaining your pain felt exhausting?</p><p><br/></p><p>So, you swallow your tears and wear your smile.</p><p><br/></p><p>You become everyone's comfort while secretly wishing someone would ask, "But who takes care of you?</p><p><br/></p><p>They see your laughter, but not your loneliness.</p><p>They see your strength, but not your exhaustion.</p><p><br/></p><p>And the saddest part?</p><p>Sometimes, nobody notices.</p><p><br/></p><p>But listen.</p><p><br/></p><p>You are not weak because you're struggling.</p><p>You are not a failure because you're tired.</p><p>And you are not a burden because you need help.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not every wound bleeds.</p><p>Not every cry makes a sound.</p><p>Sometimes, the loudest battles happen inside the quietest minds.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, please, don't fight alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>Speak to someone you trust.</p><p>Ask for help when you need it.</p><p>Give yourself permission to rest.</p><p><br/></p><p>Healing may not happen overnight, but your present pain doesn't have to define your future.</p><p><br/></p><p>And to everyone listening, be gentle with people. You never know what someone is fighting behind their smile.</p><p><br/></p><p>Remember, a prison may hold you for a season, but it doesn't have to own your forever.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your mind may be a battlefield today, but tomorrow can bring healing.</p><p><br/></p><p>One day, I hope you look in the mirror and say.</p><p><br/></p><p>I am not my fears.</p><p>I am not my mistakes.</p><p>I am not my darkest thoughts.</p><p><br/></p><p>I am human.</p><p>I am healing.</p><p>And I deserve peace.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because even inside THE PRISON INSIDE MY HEAD,</p><p><br/></p><p>I still believe.</p><p><br/></p><p>FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE.</p>
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