Allegory of the Cave : Sonnet

In the dark, shadowy cave we kneel

What stands above we do not know

Secluded inside with such a muggy  feel

The world keeps on living while our life stays still down below

The shackles and chains restraining us from what reality holds up above

But we don't know any better but to stay in the familiar

Until it takes a leader to come show us higher knowledge from atop

One who has broken from the chain has been enlightened, he now mirrors his knowledge towards us

Unknowing the strength and weaknesses from what lay above the cave

We are hesitant whether to accept the challenge of reality

But we admire the freed prisoner for being brave

It just takes a simple enlightenment of knowledge to know that we do not live in a life of fantasy

Great change will occur when he who is enlightened 

But it is up to us whether we see the knowledge or choose to be frightened