Caught! Poem by G. Akanji Olaniyi

Caught in the stream of needs of life
Caught in web of wants of life
Caught in the ocean of desires of life
Caught in the wind of lusts of life
The stream the pushes away
The web that holds strongly
The ocean that drags downward
The wind that blows upward
Caught in the a mystery called life
An existence that confounds our myriads of knowledge
Man continues to look more around himself
Yet he has not found as much as he is satisfied
His search is constrained by his desires
Obstructed by his pertinent needs
Combined with his lust and wants
He is gagged and tied in virtual reality
He is a puppet of his wants
A servant of his needs
At the beck and call of his desires
Tied to the apron strings of his lusts
He is after all, a man
A being that is insatiable

Olaniyi G.Akanji
© 2015