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