CAGED BIRD SINGS

I feel restricted

I try to fly, but when I spread my wings and am lifted

I hit the walls

The barriers designed just for me

Sometimes I ponder how this could be

Was it destined?

From an egg, was it known

By a mind greater than my own

That this would be my home?

Or did I make a mistake?

Was I snared by a net

Because of my lust for bait?

Misfortune or fate?

I do not know

But it seems there is nowhere for me to go

So here is my song

I will sing it at night

And all the day long

For I long to be free....