I see the people roaming free, and I wish that could be me
wandering in the open air, moving through
life without a care. But
every day’s the same
routine: wake up early,
stretch, and yawn, though
it’s barely the crack of dawn.
Eat my food, prepare to pose,
but it seems nobody knows
how I really feel. Locked up,
a captive in my own “natural environment”. Tell
me,what on earth is natural about the situation I’m in?
Caged in.
Four walls, four corners,
fake leaves, fake trees.
Fake grass isn’t good enough
for me. Do they not understand?
Can they not see? This life’s simply not
living. Stuck behind glass plates,
unable to get out, forced to stay in.
Families visit. I can’t remember
my own or when I last saw
anyone I love. All I know
are these four walls, four
corners, caged in and
lonely.
I want to go,
to return to my true home.
Out in the wild, where I
can roam free, without babies
in strollers staring at me. Where my
brothers and sisters, cousins and friends all
live together in peace. Out in the wild, where we
were meant to be. Where animals can be
animals instead of putting on a show,
trying to be something we’re
not, and struggling to find our own
identity in this zoo.
.
wandering in the open air, moving through
life without a care. But
every day’s the same
routine: wake up early,
stretch, and yawn, though
it’s barely the crack of dawn.
Eat my food, prepare to pose,
but it seems nobody knows
how I really feel. Locked up,
a captive in my own “natural environment”. Tell
me,what on earth is natural about the situation I’m in?
Caged in.
Four walls, four corners,
fake leaves, fake trees.
Fake grass isn’t good enough
for me. Do they not understand?
Can they not see? This life’s simply not
living. Stuck behind glass plates,
unable to get out, forced to stay in.
Families visit. I can’t remember
my own or when I last saw
anyone I love. All I know
are these four walls, four
corners, caged in and
lonely.
I want to go,
to return to my true home.
Out in the wild, where I
can roam free, without babies
in strollers staring at me. Where my
brothers and sisters, cousins and friends all
live together in peace. Out in the wild, where we
were meant to be. Where animals can be
animals instead of putting on a show,
trying to be something we’re
not, and struggling to find our own
identity in this zoo.
.