Stunted Growth

A hero grips the shattered rail,

Striving always not to fail,

A mother raises up the babe,

Becoming herself another slave

A generation rises, an empire falls,

We look back as long years call

But who was free and who is chained,

I doubt we’ll know or go insane,

Lines are blurred, shadows shift

My convictions all set adrift

I can’t think straight, I cannot see

I wish I knew what I should be,

There’s no life here, there’s nothing new,

Just dust and rot and endless zoos,

On full display are all my fears,

Every cageful keeping me here