I flutter my wings,

I try to take off.

I wish I could soar,

 Farther than the skies.

I wish there was no limit,

No boundaries to hold me back.

I pace around restlessly,

I try to dash across.

I wish I could run,

 Faster than the wind.

I wish there were no constraints,

No frontiers to curb my motion.

The heart yearns for autonomy,

The mind aspires to break free restrictions,

The soul hopes to thrash out manacles.

And yet I live life chained,

Sinking deeper into the quicksand,

Smothering my sense of self.

Burdened by past failures,

 Carrying the debt of accrued mistakes.

Living to the dictates of society,

Prisoner to its unfair methods.

Submitting to un enlightenment,

Loosing out all sense of direction.

The more I try to flee away,

The more I entangle myself,

 In the confines of this massive web.

I wonder if there could ever be a day,

Unbound and imbued with light.

If I could be born again?