• As we grow older –
    We are ever more constrained –
    In the chains of responsibility –
    That shackles us firmly to reality.
    Unable to let go –
    Unable to imagine –
    And dreams of a brighter future disregarded, forgotten.

    We trade our innocence for bitter Knowledge –
    That we cannot help but acknowledge as bitter Truth.
    We form shields to protect us from the screaming monsters –
    But our Guardian Angels also kept at length.

    Any cry for freedom –
    Any longing for wildness –
    Are quickly silenced by our conscious discipline.
    And happy we are –
    Even content, yes,
    In our continued –
    Perhaps even welcomed –
    Imprisonment.
    We are all of us –
    Only held back by ourselves.