See the birds on the trees are free, <br />to leap and soar into the skies. <br />Bask in the glory of the sun, <br />or sit on logs floating downstream. <br />Bathe in the puddles formed by rain, <br />or in the dust to get rid of their back pain. <br />Sing from dawn to dusk, <br />eating grains and worms from the grass. <br /> <br />I am a bird kept in a cage, <br />hitting my head on the bars with rage. <br />Neither the sky to soar upwards to, <br />nor the treetops to hop and leap to. <br />Not to sing to my heart's content, <br />or fly to where the rainbow ends. <br />Eating whatever is given to me, <br />even if it is disliked by me you see. <br /> <br />My foot is tied, <br />to the cage's side. <br />My cage is narrow, <br />movement is slow. <br />I dread my death <br />in this prisoned place. <br />Before my time is up you see, <br />freedom for all is necessary. <br /> <br />The songs i tweet, <br />are painful indeed. <br />But on deaf ears they seem to fall, <br />no one yet heard my help calls. <br />I wish to fly away away and away, <br />someone kind my songs will sway. <br />opening my cage and setting me free from doom, <br />to live a life that's a God given boon. <br /> <br />renukakkar18.10.2011 <br />Copyright@2011<br /><br />renu kakkar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-caged-bird-s-song-for-freedom/
