The Vocabulary of Chains

This is how it starts: they take words you’ve known your whole life – freedom, love, growth – and slowly poison them. Twist them. Make them mean the opposite of what they meant before. Until you can’t even think your way out because every word for escape has been redefined as spiritual failure.

If you’ve ever caught yourself unable to say “no” because that’s “negativity,” or unable to rest because that’s “resistance,” or unable to leave because that’s “giving up” – this is for you.

The Vocabulary of Chains

Freedom: 

doing what you’re told with a smile,

calling it choice.

 

Love: 

letting them past every boundary 

you ever had

to keep yourself safe,

saying yes when your body screams no,

disappearing into what they need.

 

Growth.

it has to hurt or it isn’t real.

If you’re not breaking, 

you’re not trying enough.

If you’re not crying, 

you’re resisting the change.

 

Anger:

Your anger? 

That’s your damage showing.

Their anger? 

That’s wisdom you can’t understand yet.

 

No:

Your no? Negativity.

Their no? Divine guidance.

 

Exhaustion:

Your exhaustion? 

Spiritual resistance.

Their exhaustion? 

The burden of carrying all of us.

 

Watch how it works:

You say “I’m tired.”

They hear “I’m weak.”

You say “I need space.”

They hear “I’m abandoning the path.”

You say “This hurts.”

They hear “I’m not grateful.”

 

Every human word

gets twisted into evidence

of how broken you are,

how much work you need,

how far you have to go

before you’re worthy

of the love

they’re withholding

while calling it

medicine.

 

Family becomes “attachment to let go of.”

Friends become “distractions from the work.”

Sleep becomes “unconsciousness.”

Food becomes “density.”

Sex becomes “energy exchange.”

Everything human

becomes something to transcend.

 

Until the only words left

are theirs:

Surrender. Service. Sacrifice.

And the only answer

is yes,

yes,

yes.

 

The vocabulary of chains:

when every word for freedom

has been stolen,

and all you have left

is their language

for your cage. 

(2022 © Julia Delaney)

If these redefinitions feel familiar, you’re not crazy. You’re not weak. You’re recognizing the bars of a linguistic cage.

The first step to reclaiming your mind is reclaiming your language. Start small. “Tired” can just mean tired. “No” can just mean no. “Leave” can just mean leave.

Your words. Your definitions. Your freedom.

Be Alive 🌱
Love ❤️, Julia

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