CAPTIVITY

There are bars across the windows

Bars across the doors
Take away these bars
For now and evermore
-          Old Cowboy song

Whether its location

Or an occasion
We are captives
Of our situation

Man-made bars

Or be they circumstances
Could also be emotions
Captivating our heart

Can’t go where we want
Can’t do what we need
Can’t just follow the heart
Into eternity

Caged like the winged one

Wishing for the open skies
We flutter and make noise
Without any replies

We should be masters

With the key to the door
Come and go as we like
With the means to do more

Are we condemned to

A sentence - less wait
Or are we our pleading lawyer
To fight and win the case

Our intention is to move

The means are not there
This is captivity my friend
To deny you cannot dare

Its not the shadows of the bars

That run across your floor
It’s the darkness of your wisdom
That locks up your door

ARISE !! Find the strength

Bend those bars
Dig that tunnel
Strike the lock

Come and go as you please

Say what you want, do as you feel
Hook on to freedom
Pull in the reel