A free bird leaps
on the back of the breeze
and drifts downstream
till the currents cease.
He dips his wings
in the orange-gold light
and claims the sky
as his birthright.
But a bird confined
in a narrow cage
sees little beyond
the bars of rage.
His wings are clipped,
his feet are bound,
so he lifts his voice
in a mournful sound.
The caged bird sings
with a trembling trill
of unknown things
longed for still,
and his song is heard
on distant hills,
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
The free bird dreams
of another breeze,
the trade winds soft
through sighing trees,
of fat worms waiting
on a dawn-lit lawn,
and he names the sky
his own.
But the caged bird stands
on the grave of dreams,
his shadow screams
a nightmare's theme.
His wings are clipped,
his feet are tied,
so he lifts his voice
to the sky.
The caged bird sings
with a trembling trill
of unknown things
longed for still,
and his song is heard
on distant hills,
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
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Dr. Jason Benskin
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