a creature so magnificent and worthy
with strength to give her great endurance
but just one slip has taken her glory
Slowly she paces the length of her cage
looking at the world from within
remembering days when she once roamed free
wondering if she ever would again
It's been many years of this solitude
in her dreary and confining cell
when once the world belonged to her
and to now be trapped within this hell!
She longed for the days of the open fields
where the long, lush grasses grew
when she could swiftly run for miles
now yearning for the freedom she once knew
All that surrounds her are thick, gray bars
that block her view of the land
she spends her time pacing back and forth
with long, empty hours that have no end
Sometimes her dreams are all she has
remembering the times she felt alive
for neither animal, nor human alike
could ever live like this and survive
But should some day, the bars wear thin
and she found she could slip right through
to seek the freedom she so desires
could she survive, or know what to do?
For the time's grown long and so forlorn
she knows of little else but strife
kept prisoner by some thoughtless means
this once majestic creature of life
~*PennyLynne*~
