We are flesh and blood as you
\nAre flesh and blood, and we
\nHave a muscle called a heart too
\nEternity
\nProvides us with a love of life
\nAs you have
\nAnd so we
\nEnjoy the wildness in our soul
\nIts our philosophy<\/p>\n
To this day we are giants
\nOn the land that we all share
\nWe have the weight of circumstance
\nAnd feelings too as aware
\nAs mahouts who would expect us
\nTo give so they might earn
\nIts futile trying to imagine
\nThat they will ever learn<\/p>\n
They are driven by their ego
\nIn actuality
\nEmpty shells as people
\nIts undeniably
\nBeyond their comprehension
\nAnd that of the baying crowd
\nWhose freedom of expression
\nFor us is disallowed<\/p>\n
We are dressed in their regalia
\nAnd made to tow the line
\nTo have an arse upon our shoulders
\nAs if that was a sign
\nOf power this diminutive imbecile
\nImagines that its his power
\nThat controls our every movement
\nWhen we sustain him every hour<\/p>\n
His privilege through arrogance
\nWe accept for it presents
\nNo worth for his future
\nIt really makes no sense
\nTo run amok to anger to frighten
\nThose who be
\nEnjoying seeing us powerless
\nDrenched in slavery<\/p>\n
Our world is one of difference
\nAnd deference to you all
\nSeemingly a paradox
\nBut actually the call
\nIs quieter from the giant
\nIts inherent in our mind
\nPerhaps a countercurrent
\nThat will be left behind<\/p>\n
Life for us is wildness
\nThe practicality of living in the wilderness
\nWhere our philosophy
\nIs being entirely genuine
\nAnd sharing what we are
\nThinking about what we do
\nAnd following the star<\/p>\n
That guides us to the place where we
\nShould be and must be so
\nWe can then assemble
\nAs a race and clearly grow
\nWhen embroiled in human contact
\nIn the scramble of each day
\nChained up though exhausted
\nBuy the spirit thats at play<\/p>\n
Really the illogicality
\nThe displacement that we feel
\nIs nothing to the mahout
\nFor he is never real
\nHe is muddled and confused by us
\nUnhinged in many ways
\nCan an ant control and elephant?
\nReally all his days<\/p>\n
We snap our nerves get pulled about
\nThose bull hook wounds give pain
\nGiants may have thick skins
\nBut we can feel the rain
\nWe derive such pleasure
\nFrom our own kind for we know
\nWe can share expression on the level
\nWe bestow<\/p>\n
Tortured sworn at beaten
\nOur sense of freedom gone
\nRespect is all but finished
\nAnd we are ridden upon
\nConsigned to merely vehicles
\nTo be given a hard time
\nWe are flesh and blood like you
\nConforming to your spirit
\nWhich is not the thing to do<\/p>\n
And some the youth within us
\nHave aberrations too
\nIt presents so much frustration
\nPuberty is a clue
\nChanges are a afoot
\nAnd life is opening a sphere
\nThe unexpected is happening
\nAnd it all seems far from clear<\/p>\n
So we buck the trend
\nWe fight back
\nWe are in turmoil from within
\nWe are suffering the vagaries
\nOf human beings in
\nOur face yes day and night
\nAnd when the world has gone to sleep
\nThat is when we get the beatings
\nThat is when they creep<\/p>\n
Into our deprived and dirty place
\nA hole where we shouldnt be
\nBut at least we have our own thoughts there
\nSo some stablity
\nSome steadiness to close an eye
\nOn the meanderings of the day
\nAnd think about our destiny
\nAnd how all this will play<\/p>\n
And then we find its work time
\nRegalia is applied
\nThe noise the bustle the swearing
\nOur world is on a slide
\nInto the darkest abyss
\nWhere no one wants to be
\nAnd then the bull hook engages
\nFrom the mahout constantly<\/p>\n
We snap! thats it we have had it
\nThat was the bridge too far
\nWe are going to stop this
\nWe know where we are
\nWe have to establish boundaries
\nRemind them who we be
\nPropagate an agenda
\nBased on our husbandry<\/p>\n
And so anger then takes over
\nThese doll like playthings need
\nReminding they have gone too far
\nThey too need to bleed
\nTo be woken from their stupor
\nEven if we see
\nthe rainbow bridge ahead of us
\nThen It is where we all should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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