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Free Me From the Zoo

Lying there

day after day

Sun up, sun down

Same old routine

 

Children poking fingers

Banging on the glass

Pressing their ugly noses

Into the only space you call your own

 

Thus is the life of a zoo animal

Living in cages and tanks

Detached from the rest of the world

Longing to be free

 

Often I find myself

In the same scenario

Behind imaginary bars

All by myself

 

As life goes on

I'm stuck here

Repeating patterns

And longing to be free

 

But slowly and surely

I am breaking free

From these bars

That have burdened me

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jennifer-goodness
Irish
Published
Oct 25, 2010
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