Mirror Mirror

I wish to be a bird 
to see the world
to represent peace and freedom
Instead, I am confined 
in a glass cage
that shatters to the touch

In this world 
I am a lion
stuck in a fake reality
beautiful to look at
confined by my own reflection
always to be on display 
but never to be seen
to represent beauty and anger
painted to be a villain 
forever stuck
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