CAGED

 The world is so wide

So vast...

Time is so unpredictable.

Sometimes slow, other times fast

The waves ripple onto 

sandy beaches

The Banyans stand tall

No matter their age

This is the world

I've seen it all

Then why does it feel

As though I'm caged

There's lots more to see

There's a world above the clouds

Fiery comets, shooting stars

Big bangs, oh so loud

Sometimes I feel as though it all

Is at my fingertips

And after that

I trip.....

I hate it when people say

Darling, you're too small

Or they treat me as if I am mental

Or not human at all

It doesn't matter if I have the yearn

To see life a flurry

"No, you have to sit and learn

Your only aim is to study"

I have wishes 

I have dreams

But is all that so invisible

That's what it seems

I have a life of my own

I have goals to make

But here I am

Feeling caged.

The weight of the chains

Pull me down

Water fills my lungs

And I drown

I have not seen a thing.

Only the grass beside my cage

I sleep against the cold metal

Trying to bury all my rage

I want to see the seagulls fly

I want to feel the breeze so high

I want to have the freedom

I want to be in charge of my own Kingdom

I want to breathe in the mountain air

I want to be in the tightest storm

I want to be in a golden chair

I want to see it all

But yet all I feel

Is the metal of my cage

This is my real

The iron age

I want to feel the liberty

of doing anything I want

I want to feel the majesty

I want to hear my song

But here I stay

In utter silence

Without a word to say

In the slightest

Forever I may not see the snow

Or the hurricanes or the hail

The only cold I'll ever feel

Is the metal of my tiny jail