Caged Poem by Blair Flynn

I feel like a dog in a kennel
Remembering how the other strays once roamed around me
It's as if I'm being protected from some outside force
However, this may not be a positive result

What if I don't want to be caged forever?
I cannot stay sheltered my entire life
I will never learn unless I go out and hunt life on my own
Who knows what journey is out there for me to embark on?

As odd as it may seem, I know that I need to hurt
I yearn to feel the bittersweet sting of betrayal and deceit
As much as it kills me, some of these emotional scars need to form
How else would I master some of life's hardest lessons?

I will make mistakes, I am not perfect
Most likely I will often falter of even fail on this journey
But if that occurs, it will make my sucesses seem evermore sweet
All I need is the freedom to achieve this on my own