Bondage or Freedom Plain and Simple

imagine how deeply the emotion
"i want you to stop doing this to me"
has ever gotten in your life

and how deeply it might get in another's

what happens when you've had enough
what happens when you feel stuck in a situation
that feels painful
and you are unable to change it

where do you go
and what do you do

do you shut down and numb out
or do you open up and accept more suffering
do you say hey wait a minute
i'm having a problem with what you are laying on me
or do you say somewhere along the way
i knew what was coming
i agreed to this
and now i am going to remain in the ride
or do you say somewhere along the way
this came upon me
as oft it will
and i refuse to agree to this kind of treatment
i refuse to submit to it
i refuse to be subject to it
or to subject myself to it
because i am free
and the one doing the controlling is in bondage
and wants me to be in bondage
just the same way as i am in freedom
and want others to be in freedom

those who are in bondage
must be disciplined
by those who are free
as those who are quite free
never let themselves be disciplined
by those who are in bondage
plain and simple