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CAGE

The simplicity of complex

The pattern of disorder

As the thin line between love and hate

Between reality and dream

Are vulnerable, corruptible

The free will is a dream

The absence of submission is a dream

A dream of spontaneity of a rational mind

Conformity seen as a synonym of happiness

Nonconformity seen as a synonym of craziness

These paradoxes of synonyms and antonyms,

Of simplicity and complexity,

Of dream and reality,

Makes life seem to be already written,

As if reality were just a story

With all this characters not living, but acting

According to rules implanted.

WE LIVE IN A CAGE WHERE DREAM IS THE ONLY ESCAPE.

 

The advertising of sensationalism

Or might I say:

A distraction of the cage,

A seduction for conformity,

A beam of war and poverty to keep us blind,

Drunken of sorrows of others

And to thank the Lord for what we have.

 

These are some of the bars of the cage

Bars to be broken with science and art and knowledge

Or as some may say: with craziness.

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Mar 11, 2012
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