The Caged Lion Poem by Mohammad Younus

I am being kept captive in the zoo cage
Don't tell me, 'You are not in chains here'
Don't tell me, 'you do not have to hunt for your prey'
Don't tell me, ' You get your food without labour here'
O mad captivators,
Are you not ashamed of keeping me in captivity?
Thus, a lion - in the zoo - roars in cage:
I am the king of the woods, chosen by the Great Lord!
I am strong and stubborn king beyond belief!
A moustached mighty king of the woods roars in rage!
Now, he languishes in a cruel cage in the zoo
Like a prisoner of conscience left to rot in the jail!
The proud, unrelenting, lion trolls in the fortified space
...and violently roars for his freedom
He vows not to live like a caged animal in the zoo.

MyKoul