Prison

Prison:
noun. ˈpri-z^ən
1. a state of confinement or captivity
2.  a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers;specifically : an institution (as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes — compare jail
Comes from:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, from prehendere to seize 


Or at least that is what Mirriam-Webster has to say about it.
Prison


Each of us is trapped in our own prison
As my friend Harry would say.


A state of confinement or captivity we are each trapped in
alone.
(or so we too often choose to believe)


We struggle to get out,
but in our way stands the immovable bars.
Yet we continue our futile attempts
banging on the bars,
clawing at the bars,
attempting to dig holes into the cold, stone ground to go under the bars,
chiseling away at the metal walls to get around the bars,
strategically trying to compromise the structure of the bars,
but it is to no avail.
We end up just staring at the bars.


We continue to stare at those bars, 
refusing to shift the focus of our tired eyes to 
the One standing next to us who holds the key.


I know that One that holds the key
but too too often I choose to believe
that He cannot completely
set
me
free.


Completely, meaning I will never go back?
This scares me.
Those bars are familiar.
They have become my home.
Too often I choose fear over freedom
It seizes me


So I go on banging my head against those same cold bars
that will continue to barricade me in
until I am able to lift my stubborn head
and look into the eyes of the One who wants to release me
and
set
me 
free.


Completely.


Can I trust You?
I don't know my way out here.
What about the others I left behind?
Can we go and set them free, like me?


Completely.