my own cage

Ive been studying and trying to be the perfect student for so long i forgot about my own happiness. school became a cage something that could contain my raging feelings and protect me from the reality of the world. but by being so concentrated on that cage i lost something important, i lost myself. i felt as though that cage was my whole world and that if i took my eyes off it and lost concentration id loose myself forever. but no matter how perfect life can be in that cage and how protected i am my hearts not there, it never was. im gonna stick around the cage though until im ready to leave because i know its imporant but im not sure if when i leave that cage if im gonna find another one or if im gonna fly somewhere far off.