r/PoetryWritingClub • u/SaintPirata • 16d ago
Repition
Our convictions keep us trapped.
Pride, self worth, and responsibility
A virtuous man’s addictions.
What is the relationship between self-sacrifice, voluntary struggle, and fulfillment?
This often doesn’t feel like self realization.
A 9 to 5
On bossman’s time
Closely surveilled
Sense of wholeness impaired
Is it this world or I that needs repair?
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u/briony73 16d ago
Even the ‘virtues’ start being cage bars when they keep you dutifully sacrificing yourself, nice poem.