Poem - behind the glass

[the_downtrodden]

have you ever walked past
the cold glass walls
holding within its cage
the warm soul of a pup?

have you ever stooped to look
at all the little forms and faces
perfect miniatures of their kinds
wagging tongues and flashing tails?

have you ever looked past
all the excited faces
to see the lone soul
peering out from behind sad eyes?

have you ever imagined
the world of joys and possibilties
that lay in timid waiting
behind those mild eyes?

have you ever felt the sorrow
of wond'rous dreams relegated
to mournful wishings
of a soul bound by circumstance?

have you ever known
the utter devotion won
when the dying embers of a burnt-out heart
are rekindled, to glory reborn?

of course you haven't
no one lingers here with the sad dreamers
i lay here, still
waiting behind these brown and mild eyes

-K'Har-El