Man.made Cages

This poem explores the themes of societal constraints and psychological entrapment.

Man-Made Cages




It took mages and sages
To lock us in culture's cages
From whence we cannot flee,
For we haven't got the key--
Neither you nor me
Can leave these cages.



It took man many ages
To fill history's pages
From whence we cannot flee,
For we haven't got the key--
Neither you nor me
Can leave these cages.



It took so much carnage
To squeeze us so tight in cages
From whence we cannot flee,
For we haven't got the key--
Neither you nor me
Can leave these cages.


The soul, bound and raged,
Is accustomed to these cages.
We feel fine within this jail--
Never would we truly wail,
And we cannot fail
To see the need for cages.