Safety Vs. Freedom

I have cut myself
Free from many a cast
Never letting the bones
Quite heal
And I would like to say
It is the last time
I immortalize or encourage
Such behavior

But I can't suppress
An overwhelming sense
Of pride
When I open his portable cage
And find

That run over
Shattered
Chewed up
Drugged and dizzy
My boy has managed
To escape
The lamp shade
They attached to his neck