crazy-lemons

When I was young, I was kept on a tightly wound leash Like all the school children Like all the little ones who needed Protection We were told When and what To eat To be Where to go And what to do It was prison Without the freedom All for our sake And you were trapped in this neat and tidy yard That they told you was the real world But it wasn't When I got to high school I was kept in a cage Still bound Still held But the tiny cracks allowed me to see freedom For the first time Your classmates are the ones that hold your bars Even though they're caged too They tell you how you Ought And not how you Want How you