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Some prisons don’t have bars.
They have patterns.
They have habits.
They have people.
They have environments.
Places that drain you.
Leaders that break you.
Addictions that slowly rename themselves “coping.”
And the most dangerous part?
Sometimes the cage is open.
But you’ve stayed long enough to call it home. Willing Captives.
Because not every chain is forced.
Some are embraced.
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