Leaders with their theatrical smiles,
Cloaked eyes and mechanical voice,
Renegades and their muffled noise
Saying something,
Unveiling something.
Sorry! too busy to look up,
Too busy to rise.
Always something important to do
In our important fast paced lives ,
So we keep running in circles
Like a hamster running on a hamster wheel,
Thinking he is doing something real,
Walking on the path for him which was mapped,
Never looking at the bars that cage him,
Never needing to escape,
If he doesn’t know, is he still trapped?
-N
Daily Prompt – Cloaked
Photographer Unknown
Poetry © Copyright 2017, Niharika Jaiswal
Opinionated Head 
October 13, 2017 at 8:15 pm
“If he doesn’t know, is he still trapped?” Beautiful!!!!
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October 14, 2017 at 10:40 am
Thank you Mr. Mel. 🙂
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October 14, 2017 at 5:27 am
Brilliant. They are trapped in their own mind and lusty desire for indecent wealth that will slowly kill their souls like termites.
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October 14, 2017 at 10:41 am
How sad is that..
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October 15, 2017 at 12:29 pm
What was the inspiration?
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October 15, 2017 at 1:04 pm
The approach I see people take towards life, They all complain about what’s wrong, they all do very little to nothing about it because they have to go buy a rug or fix their ac etc
And what’s worse is they all compete on running the fastest on their hamster wheels.
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October 16, 2017 at 4:51 am
Wow! That was good. Makes you think. Awesome. Love it. If he doesn’t feel trapped, maybe he isn’t trapped in his own eyes, but he is trapped in the sense that there is so much more to life that he could have lived, but he is missing it because he is trapped by where society made him think he must go…. hmmmm…… great work. Sue
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October 16, 2017 at 6:08 am
Thanks Sue! You have simplified it very precisely. I am really glad you enjoyed the read. 🙂
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October 16, 2017 at 6:09 am
You are very welcome. I love your writing.
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October 16, 2017 at 6:10 am
Oh, that means a lot! 🙂
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October 16, 2017 at 6:11 am
I am happy it does. You are awesome.
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October 16, 2017 at 6:12 am
SO are you!! 🙂
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October 16, 2017 at 6:15 am
Thank you . You are very kind.
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October 16, 2017 at 6:17 am
🙂
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