Michael Bank Poet Rhyme

Gilded Cage

Gilded Cage

Outside the window the birds fly free.
Feed their kin, a nest in the tree.
A world to engage in, the whole world to see.

Inside the unseen illness manifests.
Confirmed by untold persuasive tests.
A lifetime prognosis does suggest.

The yearning for a normal existence.
Struggle head on with formidable resistance.
The closer I get, the further the distance.

Comfortable but confined, oasis without refuge.
Warm and dry, a room with a view.
No sympathy, no pity, I implore you.

Soundness of mind, but mindless from routine.
Up or down with nothing in between.
The gilded cage brings a life unforeseen.

Michael Bank 2023

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Beata Agustin January 22, 2023 at 11:08 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you.