elephant

Ok, so last night I went to church with me friend and something said there made me realy think. It was a story about a elephant that was captured as a baby. And as a baby it's captors chained it to a large tree with a chain so heavy that it couldn't break free. And for months the elephant tried to escape but eventualy gave up and became used to it's limits. Over time the captors repalce the heavy chain and tree with a thin leather strap and tiny wooden steak. However the elephant still didn't leave, because in it's mind it was still chained. So he lived out his  life unhappy and died sadly. He didn't escape because a elephant can never forget what trying to escape felt like and that giving up was easier. This story made me think of friends ad family, just people in general. Are we so scared to push barriers and break down walls that bind us to what people think is proper that we become like this elephant and just give up? Why are people so afraid to be diffrent, to stand out? Our whole lives we have been taught how to properly behave in stiuations. But who ever said that what we have been taught is right? One person may be taught one thing is right and someone else another. Why do we let scociety bind us to a emaginary chain with a tree? Is it out of fear or just because giving up is the easier way? Why not challenge the things we feel wrong? Why not fight for what we belive in? Why are we that elephant?

ANGER

Anger flids and fills her heart
All she feels is hatred towards all
Scared of what can happen if controll is lost
No one around her takes the danger seriously
What to do with this fear of herself she does not know
Fear and anger may fill her
But it drives her to not let her spirit die
so is it good or bad
Does it kill her or keep her alive
Anger and fear flud her heart but it fules the the fier that is her sole
It keeps her strong in a world that tries to beat her down