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[Featuring: Johnny Depp]
Today the guards made me bleed again
They chained my feet so tight I could barely move
I bleed through my socks
Last month it was my left ankle
Today it was the right
When I wash, the soap burns like fire
But I have to keep my ankles clean
Because I donât have any alcohol or peroxide
Nothing to kill the bacteria or infections
And this place is filthy
I canât remember what itâs like to walk as a human being anymore
My cell is so small that I can only take two steps
Anytime Iâm brought out, however briefly or infrequently
I have chains on my hands and feet
As well as guards hanging on me
Been well over 16 years since Iâve actually walked anywhere
Sometimes I still canât wrap my mind around that
Iâm working on my 17th year now
There were times when I thought
âSurely someoneâs gonna put a stop to this
âSurely someone is gonna do somethingâ
But they never do
Time just rolls on, itâs insanity
I am truly amazed at what theyâve been allowed to get away with
And for how long
Ah well, does no good to dwell on it
Either I waste my energy by focusing on things I cannot change
Or I conserve my energy and apply it to small things I can change
Thatâs what the I Ching calls the taming power of the small