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Should animals live in zoos?

You watch me from behind the bars,At my safe world, yet full of scars.Is this my home or just a cage?A riddle clear at every stage.Behind the bars, yet under the sky,No place for me—just trapped nearby.I long to roam through forest deep,Yet all I do is dream in sleep.

I remember the rustling trees,The song of toucans on the breeze.My hands were strong as solid stone,Plucking papayas, mangoes grown.Once I raced through jungle free,Now a concrete king I be.I wander lonely between the walls,This was not the life I chose at all.

The world has closed its doors on me,As people stole my dreams so free.When forests fell beneath the blade,As lifeless beasts in silence laid.Though strength remained, I stood alone,Helpless and poor as a bird unflown.With helpless fists I struck in chain,My family lost, my soul in pain.

I remember the rustling trees,The song of toucans on the breeze.My hands were strong as solid stone,Plucking papayas, mangoes grown.Once I raced through jungle free,Now a concrete king I be.I wander lonely between the walls,This was not the life I chose at all.

No space remains in all this land,Where we won’t suffer by people hand.No paths remain in forests deep,