Photo by Arleen Wiese @ Unsplash
Once
King of the
Jungle
My roar
Triumphantly
Rumbled
All
Cowered at my
Sight
Be it
Day or
Night
Reduced
Now to an
Enclosure
With
Limited
Exposure
The
Price that I must
Pay
In this world
To
Stay
Struggling
To maintain my
Pride
While dying
Each day
Inside
Out of My Write Mind 
😥😥
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A poignant poem Sandy. Thanks for joining in. Life in captivity is a slow death.
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Unfortunately, so.
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The first-person voice makes it all the more bittersweet.
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*sigh* 😦
~David
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There are so many animals that are endangered or only surviving in captivity… very sad truth.
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