Lost

To be lost
inside a forest
of one’s making
can take your breath
away and send you reeling
to be found and lost
again in some caged compound
is the ultimate disregard
of someone’s feeling

a wild soul
trapped and transported
to a human zoo
with caged parts there
to break our hearts
it is what the clueless do

we stand and gaze
and hope our days
will not end up in here
this sterile concrete
pasture
that occupies our fear