Trap Tracks Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

Too many straight-line certitudes adopt,
Heed not head's tale, nor try to taste tail's pain
Enlightened understanding's rare. Men train
Themselves to closed shop minds. Why choice is stopped
Remains a mystery, yet too few opt
Against the stream, holistic view restrain.
Choice is important! Why must most abstain,
Knowing needed growth, remain like propped
Stiff puppets strung along life line till chopped?
Open minds which for solutions strain
Find solace in discovery. Insane
Trap's track dreams stifled, free-will dropped.
Is it so difficult to cast a net
MEaningful, so easy to forget?


18 July 1992 revised 7 September 2013