The Gilded Cage

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The Gilded Cage
Diamond chains and pearl bonds;
Wispy bars like peacock fronds;
Ruby locks and silver rope;
Golden cages without hope.
Beautiful this prison be
Nonetheless, it bindeth me.

Diamonds set in walls and grate
Glittering with bitter hate;
Diamonds forged into a chain
Bind me up and scourge with pain.
Diamond – beautiful it be
Nonetheless it bindeth me.

Pearls big enough to bind
Round my wrist and in my mind
Pearls gleam from eye to thought;
Sheen is by the hater wrought.
Pearl – beautiful it be
Nonetheless it bindeth me.

Ruby cut until it shine
Like a bloody drop of brine
Ruby fairer than the fair
Spun into a thorny snare.
Ruby – beautiful it be
Nonetheless it bindeth me.

Silver ropes and knots and cords
Gathered into twisted hordes
Silver wrapping me around
Chains my soul unto the ground.
Silver – beautiful it be
Nonetheless it bindeth me.

Golden bars make up the cage
Which reflects a hidden rage.
Golden mirrors show the face
That is trapped and without grace.
Golden – beautiful it be
Nonetheless it bindeth me.

Prison without any door
Gilded from the crown to floor
Tricks the eye and soothes the mind
Draws into a closer bind.
Prison – though it lovely be
Beauty makes it no more free.



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