Whole day their wings ache for the sky <br />Their eyes thirst the moribund blue <br />But here they are and will be till they die <br />Without ever knowing why. <br />The black striped beauty in velvet brown <br />Paces restless in utter distress <br />A majestic beast robbed of its crown <br />Wallows in its caged recess. <br />So I say friend if you need sunshine for your gloom <br />For your sore eyes an open blue <br />Imagine them all from the confine of your room <br />But don’t ever go to the zoo.<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-ever-go-to-the-zoo/
