Hunger

Caged desires that quietly unchain the soul

even when life has imprisoned with a tyrannical keeper,

insides ravenous ready to taste the air of liberty,

passions lick the dream of reliance’s sky,

unwilling to accept placation’s bananas for a diet,

which never appeases freedom’s hunger.

 

The sleeping simian snared in circumstance’s cell

awakening subtly to face realty with defiance and determination

spreading through the mind and heart to never surrender

becoming a witness to the minions sharing the misery

that at times going ape is truly natural for a famished appetite

keeping alive the spirit of oneness

no matter the cruelties served upon the moment.