We are all captured beasts, <br />And we howl - as we might. <br />We can't open the doors, <br />For the doors are locked tight. <br /> <br />If our hearts can remember tradition, <br />When our barking brings solace, we bark. <br />We don't know. Long ago we've forgotten <br />That it stinks badly in this zoo-park. <br /> <br />For our hearts can accept repetition; <br />Bored and weary, we cuckoo our song. <br />For the zoo is impersonal, habitual; <br />We've not longed to be free for so long. <br /> <br />We are all captured beasts, <br />And we howl - as we might. <br />We can't open the doors, <br />For the doors are locked tight.<br /><br />Fyodor Sologub<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-are-all-captured-beasts/
