Locked up and Shackle <br />But no chains to tackle <br />Try to speak <br />Am I really so weak <br />Try to write <br />But only darkness, my light <br /> <br />I know why a cage bird sings <br /> <br />Words once rolled like thunder <br />Now silent like a baby slumber <br />No paper for my expression <br />Paper but no pen for the lesson <br /> <br />I know why a cage bird sings <br /> <br />Sentences on paper like the page is blank <br />Emptiness and despair is all I drank <br />Unable to perceive what really is true <br />Once considered the best, my question, what to do? <br /> <br /> I know why a cage bird sings <br /> <br />No one holding, no one stopping <br />The horrors in my mind, causing my failing <br />I am my destruction <br />Like monstrous volcano with no eruption <br /> <br />I know why a cage bird sings <br /> <br />I long for freedom <br />My words are my crown, my kingdom <br />My words taken away only by me <br />I need to be strong so I can be free <br /> <br />I know why a cage bird sings <br /> <br />A song so sweet to the ear <br />Unable to move, brings only a tear <br />This is how I feel inside <br />Trapped in my body, tortured along ride <br /> <br />I know why a cage bird sings<br /><br />Reginald Francois<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-know-why-a-cage-bird-sings/
