CAGE

CAGE Designed to captureCalculated with precisionEmbellished with shiny tiny metallic spokesAll combined to appeal the aesthetic senseThe nest in the cage is my homeDecorated to demonstrate the ironies of life By the people’s great love for birdsWe are remanded in gilded cagesThe wings are useless and flight a distant dreamI have been robbedOf my cherished dreamsWhere is the beauty of our natural habitat?What will the bird-watchers say? We are imprisoned in an inglorious caged nestLike dehumanized city dwellersWho live in flats and crowded yardsQuarrelling over trivialitiesWeaver birds flock to feast on treesRestless though, they breed and build their nests The seemingly domesticated parrotFancied for being a talking birdSpeaks to express his desireHave you stopped to listen to what he says?“No animal, no bird nor fishShould ever be put in a cage” To the eagle, the symbol of our nationA caged nest is isolated prison of deathA sanction for the winged creaturesAfflicted with mental problems and outright madnessProne to all sorts of societal sicknessMust I fret to death or be freed? The cage keeper has also encaged himselfWhen the pockets cannot boast of moneyWhen you cannot express your talentsWhen jobs come not on merit, but on ‘man know man’When the streets are no longer safeDue to menace of thieves and terrorists We are in one form of cage or anotherStruggling to be freeLet us give a helping handTo set all the prisoners freeThe road to freedom begins nowWith love