It was suppose to be a journey to the Promised Land <br />But it quickly became the story of a caged bird <br />It was smart, it was bautiful <br />Was social everyone loved it... <br />Rather, they clipped its wings <br />And put it away in a cage <br /> <br />The bird started on an even ground <br />Displaying its wits and ability <br />Then soared quickly into recognition <br />Showing its mastery of the air <br /> <br />Then entered the crow... <br />And it made the bird its prey <br />It chased, harried and ruffled its feathers <br />Till the birds wings got clipped <br />And got put away in the cage <br /> <br />And so started the days between my first days and my last days <br />Those days waiting to get out the cage <br />Those long hours spent, hatching out plans, to go back to school <br />Those moments when I said to myself, 'You have it in you to do this' <br /> <br />My last days of work were like, the first days of work <br />Where first I soared without the crow <br />And without the cage and my wings were full to fly <br />Again I soar, without the crow <br />And out of the cage, as I make my byes <br /> <br />And though my first days of work <br />Were like my last days of work <br />But not so much the days in between the first days and last days <br />To a new land, I fly away <br />I have to bid you my friends good-bye <br />I'm off and in search of new heights<br /><br />David Beckham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/au-revoir-mes-amis-good-bye-my-friends/
