how can you enslave me? <br />when I was born for the open blue sky? <br />how can you shut me in this gilded cage <br />where I am trapped and cannot fly? <br />round and round I go..... <br />hitting against the gilded cage sides, <br />along with love, a certain cruelty abides, <br />true you derive pleasure, watching my grace, <br />you feed me fruits and seeds, in that little space, <br />but what of my freedom, my desire and right to fly? <br />to who can I plead? to who can I cry? <br />do not entrap me thus, let me go..... <br />be my friend, not my bitterest foe, <br />nothing can be crueller, than witholding my freedom, <br />let me escape to the wide skies, my boundless kingdom, <br />let me spread my wings and soar high, <br />I was born to sing freely, soar high in the sky, <br />admire me from below., singing happily on a pretty branch <br />hear my sad song, , give me a life, give me a chance, <br />and when you have freed me, so much happiness will you find, <br />you helped to set me free, you have set free your mind, <br />no one was born to be in bondage, none of God's creation, <br />neither animal, a human being, or even an entire nation, <br />freedom is the right of every creature, <br />freedom is our birthright, our very nature <br />so take a lesson and set me free, <br />set me free, for that alone is my destiny.<br /><br />Arti Chopra<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bird-in-the-cage/
