Confined

Confine.

Confined.

Confinement.

"A sense or feeling of restriction".

Are we not all confined?

Do we even know what confinement really means?

It's different things to different people.

We live a life in our heads,

battling with our minds and our consciousness 

and all that goes on,

in our brains,

sat on top of this body we're given.

Is this your confinement?

Maybe your body doesn't function normally,

or in what is perceived as being the normal way.

Is your confinement a danger to yourself or others?

Is your confinement not all of your own making.

Maybe you've been able to break free from this confinement,

free to explore the world around you?

Confinement.

"The state of being confined"

What is meant by "confined?"

I sit in a room with walls and windows.

There is a door,

which is open - so am I confined?

I am confined by this life I have created

and the limits it imposes,

and what my abilities tell me I can do.

I can't fly a rocket and escape my confinement!

But is confinement simply a feeling of being enclosed?

What if you don't realise you're confined?

Is that another form?

You know when you are physically confined,

in a prison, 

in handcuffs and chains.

You know you are mentally confined,

you have depression,

anxiety,

you get claustrophobia,

in a small room,

or a crowded space,

you feel confined maybe by rules, 

laws or obligations 

But do you always feel confined?

Maybe you have an overwhelming 'can-do'  attitude to life,

and you're fighting it all the time!

But we are all confined on this small lump of rock,

the one we call home,

circling around a sun.

Only a few of us have had the experience of escaping that fact.

But on that rock

is the room in which I sit,

with it's windows and doors,

can I make my own escape,

for I, 

as are we all,

am confined,

and maybe I'm not always aware of that

and until that great awakening 

until I realise that fact

I shall never be able to plan

 ...my own great escape.

Nor will you!