I want to a bird.

I want to be a bird

but I also want to the nest

I want to be heard

yet I want to keep it all in my chest

I want to be a bird

but I also want to be the nest

To be able to fly wild and free

Jumping from one to another tree

but what if I get tired of the wide blue sky?

My wings crack and shake when I fly?

I don't want to stop but i want to rest

I want to be a bird

but I also want to be the nest

A place that I can call home

And a colourful sky that I can claim my own

To be able to see the paths life as never shown

But what about the ways that are familiar by my flesh and bone?

The east waits for me yet my name is often mentioned in the west

I want to be a bird

but i also want to be the nest.

- shireen.

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