by Saeed Amirian

Mankind has been living in cages for thousands of years. Big, beautiful and shiny cages, all shapes, sizes and colors. Few are custom made, by ourselves, to fit our needs. The rest are built by others. Universal, society, community, monetary, religious, family, sexual and personal cages. Few, we got in willingly, the rest either were lured inside or pushed into by others.

Inside, it feels good. We feel protected and safe. Plenty of food, (different food in every cage) we can rest, sing, or dance all we want. We can see inside the other cages, but we think nobody can see us… WE THINK!! (What a bunch of fools we are!!)

Once in a while, by accident, or by design, like children playing “Peek-A-Boo”, we get a sliver of a glance through the curtain of our protected barriers and experience a crazy rush to have a taste of the outside, even if it lasts a few… whatever.

But a large majority live all their lives happily ever after, in their locked and safe universes.. Most would never venture out, wouldn’t even dare. We are taught not to abandon our warm and cozy nest for an unknown.

But what if we were courageous, or maybe crazy enough, to decide to leave our locked cages, not all of them, few choice ones, the ones with a chain on our feet and a dark patch on our eyes. Are we able to do that? How could we escape a locked cage? Oh G-d, how easy that would be if we knew, (or someone would tell us) one hidden fact..

The lock of every cage can be opened with a key which is inside every one of us. So friends, would you try?