Spoken from the Heart

Circus Tiger

Why am I behind bars

I have done nothing wrong

I learned my moves that I need to

And try to forget the consequences if I fail

I can still hear the buzz of the shock stick reminding me that I messed up

My master didn't care that i cowered in the corner when he came at me

i tried to be as small as possiable

But that didn't make him forget

That I didn't jump through the flaming ring that I fear

I can still remember the day when I lost my mother to the flames

She was caring me trying to escape when her paw got stuck in a shinny thing

She told me to get to the river

So I did

I was found in the river cowering from every sound

I was still a kitten when I was sold to my master

I follow his every will

Because I wish not to feel the pain of the flames

I'm not fed the best but I know it keeps me alive

I try to do my best but I can't win against the flames

I know I need to conjure them to end the pain

But I cannot forget the past

I try my best to be the best circus tiger there is but I can't win

I am forever trapped in theis cage

And I know that I will be killed if I revolt

That what happen to the one before me

She bit my master on the arm and she was killed for being dangerous

I want to live but not in this cage

I would to love to be free but it cannot be

I am trapped in this cage until the day I die

Forever a circus tiger

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This is not based off of what happens behind the scenes now a  days, this is fiction and is based off of what I would think if I was a wild tiger to feel  forever trapped as a circus tiger. This is NOT true.