today i got see a friend who got tangled up in the the prison of his mind

trouble came and he let his thoughts, tell him a bad path would be fine

sad thing is like many of us, he had been down that path before

he said in his mind i won’t play the game long and even up the score

but the game only lets you think you are in charge for a little while

then you can’t stop the game because you mind and body has become ill

so we sit and talk about what happened and today and he often reminds

the first steps to prison seem like far away, and the next thing you know you are on the path

that you thought you had left behind

so he explained to me incarceration begins in your mind, you go down the same old path

and your mind says ” this time things will be fine ”

don’t be a prisoner of your mind