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Behind Constraints
The goal of being is a task
assigned by those who know best
from the rules put to page
bringing most to broad dismay
uniqueness is not a goal
exalted by those above
creating boxes with only walls
padded prisons to shackle souls
with bars for windows lest birds fly
escape to the skies far above
still the freedom may be dreamed
from the comfort of velvet chains
embrace the freedom now denied
pass through to the other side
disavow the offered bane
to be the person behind constraints.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190910.
assigned by those who know best
from the rules put to page
bringing most to broad dismay
uniqueness is not a goal
exalted by those above
creating boxes with only walls
padded prisons to shackle souls
with bars for windows lest birds fly
escape to the skies far above
still the freedom may be dreamed
from the comfort of velvet chains
embrace the freedom now denied
pass through to the other side
disavow the offered bane
to be the person behind constraints.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20190910.
Published 11th Sep 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Behind Constraints” was inspired by a meme that stated, “You don’t always have to be who they want you to be.”
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12th Sep 2019 5:53am
I find no words to express the level and range of feeling and thought provoked in these casual verses of an unseen reality! P. Accident
13th Sep 2019 2:59am
