"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" Fighting the blanket of oppression Within and without themselves The metaphorical blanket holding them To a goal that is not of themselves Tied to be someone they are not, Trying to fill the wrong size shoes Life planned out by superiors Blinded by tinted glasses of lie and False truths put on by others preceding This suffocating blanket restricts and constricts And holds the victim to one forced idea Like blinders on a horse Or a blindfold on a magician Only a narrow, yet clear path is provided A leap of faith must be taken to discover 'self'