Cryin' Lion

Alone! Big Cat is trapped inside a cage. With every passing hour, up goes its rage Deeper is its growl, And more menacing is its scowl The fight is strong as it yearns to be free Far, far away from this shameful place of captivity Out of this place Out from gloom and disgrace The beast scratches and claws incessantly, but to no avail Distant ephemeral reflections of a savanna, its sullen heart longs to bail A king of valor relegated to a diminutive, cold space No grasslands for play and no prey to hunt; trapped in a foreign place Soon the cacophonous growl wanes into a feeble murmur The beastly, commanding sound has lost its ferocious fervor Bewildered, weary, and defeated, it starts cryin' No place to roam and far from home, in the cage lies the lion