The Tamed Man


I am already tamed I tell you.   
I am already tamed.    

Do you really think                 
                       I could have gone                         
                                      this far in life,                   
                            unbent?                   
                            Unscathed?                   
                            Untamed?    

Do you really think                  
                        I could have lived so long                              
                                               without having shackles,                   
                            growing around my veins?                               
                                              Without having my feet,                                      
                                                             at one time or another,                   
                           chained to the very ground                                  
                                                        I had dared once disdain?    

Do you really think                 
                           I could have escaped so far,                    
                                unblemished?                   
                                Untainted?                   
                                Unblamed?                   
                                Unblamed?    

I am already tamed I tell you.   
I am already tamed.