Captive Soul Poem by C. P. Sharma

I was in heaven before I was born
At my birth, my body so tightly chained
I wept so loudly for my loss to mourn
Family and society restrained

A Pandit was called to christen when born
On growing up I got a sacred thread
My head clean shaven of hair fully shorn
In age-old customs was brought up and bred

On going to school new religion taught
Me by the country's constitution bound
Attaining adulthood country's laws caught
Throughout me in multifold chains astound

A free soul is now captive everywhere
Of right and wrong, it is not well aware

Note: This is a revised version in sonnet form of one of my earlier post.