Loop

Some days I look at the dog

 and wonder if she knows 

how small her world is 

the same yard 

the same bed 

the same food

I see it again when I flip on the light 

and the fish scatter awake 

swimming back and forth 

through glass walls 

that never move 

no matter how much they try

I feed them watch the routine continue 

safe 

contained 

unchanging

And then it hits me 

that I know this feeling too 

moving 

but not going anywhere 

alive 

but boxed in by days that repeat themselves

That quiet sense of being stuck 

of wanting more space to breathe 

more direction 

more meaning

It is not a good feeling 

realizing your life 

feels like a loop 

you did not choose 

but keep waking up inside.

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