A Tiger's Heart

Clip the tiger of its claw
And what is left for it to feel?
Must it live on without the hunt
Or lose its pride by human deals?

 

Clip the free bird of its wings,
Stick it in a tiny cage.
What's left for it to sing about
But agony and silent rage?

 

Take the waters from the earth
And what's left to sustain our lives?
Do we wait to die or realize
We cut our throats with our own knives? 

 

Take the heart and soul of man,
Tell them they can never dream.
Will you be there to understand
Why we can bring ourselves to scream?

 

Who is to say what you can be?
Who is to say which dreams are real?
Must others try to change our fate
And tyrants tell us how to feel?

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Fragilebrokendreams]

Excellent! Brilliant! It shows how mankind today has taken advantage of such beauty and known to kill and destroy those little ones with freedom. I adore this poem! Wonderfully done!

[Mummify Madness]

Wisdom in the boy with charisma. Chilling excellence wrapped in debris.

[realmwriter]

The third and fourth stanzas are my favorites. I just love the comparisons you make in each stanza but when it gets to the third and fourth its like the meat and potatoes of the whole piece. An en tray and feast for the eyes and mind, I will add this to my Favs... 100/100

[Calypso]

Makes me think of... freedom withheld.

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

"Clip the free bird of its wings,
Stick it in a tiny cage.
What's left for it to sing about
But agony and silent rage?"
-This is what hits me. These lines bring me to see them as they are. Almost in comparison to myself. Being caged to my own mind, which is small and it rages in it's own way. Makes you feel small and insignificant. Like you really aren't the best around. Eh?

"Take the waters from the earth
And what's left to sustain our lives?
Do we wait to die or realize
We cut our throats with our own knives?"
-These are the deepest of them all. Because really isn't this what we're doing? Taking away everything a human or man needs by destroying love and replacing it with hate? By making people think of suicide because they cannot savor the lovely water of life. Water being compared to love.

A great write in itself that has gotten me to think. Thank you.

-Marie Riorden-

[Lily Mae]

Others can try but we don't have to let me..succeed.. xo

[piggy]

Awesome writing. Very very enjoyable. Great flow