Trapped?

Trapped in the world

Of a shared reality

One to which too many succumb 

One from which only a few fly free. 

Illusions of freedom

Seduce the mind

Appeasing the immediate

Till distracted we forget

And accept what is

Yet the soul knows

And aches for the sky

To soar among the clouds

Harken to the longing within

Be free, and fly

Or die