Allegory of the Cave Sonnet

Happiness and sorrow these prisoners will know not of
For their lives are limited to the inside of a cave
Not depression nor love
Will hinder the minds of these men much less than brave

One soon sees the opportunity to leave and live
But finds the barrier of light blocking his path
He had a lot to gain and little to give
But chose to return to the cave and its wrath

Not an act of cowardice this man showed
But rather a man of knowledge he had become
Acquired knowledge to the prisoners this man owed
For they were trapped in that cave dark and fearsome

The prisoners blinded by disbelief
Kept their thoughts, ignorant and brief