Born in a cage with an open door
Day after day I pace the floor
Loving my refuge and making sure
I stay attached to its allure
Despite assurances from those who flew
The dread of change, fear of new
The thought of ‘leaving’ you and you
Keep me away from what is True
Wonders through the bars I can see
There’s no lock, I need no key
But the heart and mind can’t agree
Which of them should be free
The mind wants the status quo
The cage is beautiful, it loves it so
The heart though wants to go
But the mind rules, it says ‘no’
And when the heart, confused, asks it why
It whispers, “I don’t want to die…..”
Kishore Asthana
Kishore.asthana@gmail.com
Kishore Asthana