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Caged
January 30, 2019
A bird
Locked behind bars
No freedom
To eat when it wants
To fly where it wants
To live
How it desires
A fish
Entrapped in acrylic casing
No freedom
To eat when it wants
To swim where it wants
To live
How it desires
A person
Forced into a mold
Encased in expectations
Made to believe
They have freedom
What they want
When they want
Where they want
To live
How they desire
We are made to believe
We have freedom
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We are trapped
Trapped
In a cage
Forged by expectations
Upheld by stereotypes
Protected by us
Our facades
Our fears
us
© Harrison L., Ruston, LA
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Just my thoughts on how society shapes us.