A colorful songbird
Flew through an open window
Seeking warmth
Perhaps the opulent promise
Of an easier life
Where she would be safe
Free from harm
Away from predators
Soon she would learn
Walls were also meant
To confine
To strip a soul
Her colors would dim
Her song would silence
Yet she remembered
The days when she soared
Songs that carried
In the wind
Her spirit at ease
Above the demons that now taxed
Her self-worth
Seen through windowpanes
Lost to the outer existence
Sorry to have become something
She did not intend
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C. H. Richard
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I'm sorry for fighting for us
I'm sorry I loved you so fiercely, I bled crimson on your floors, rage like caustic acid rain in my mouth. I'm sorry my words, like a tempest, disintegrated everything you toiled to build, towering skyscrapers of emptiness looming over our bed as I clasped your hand. I'm sorry for annihilating all that never existed, and in truth, I'm sorry for endeavoring to create. I'm sorry for striving to flourish, I'm sorry for seeking to harvest the fruits of my labor. I'm sorry for being arduous, a burden for you, a mere tick on your to-do list, a wearisome task.
By Souluminosity5 days ago in Poets
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Wow. 😓 Beautifully crafted,
My goodness Cindy! This was gorgeous! You have a way with words that touches the heart & soul in an intimate way! I was able to relate the beautiful songbird's caged experience to aspects of my own journey! What a powerful piece with an important life message! BRAVO! This was stunning!
This goes way deeper than the surface. So much meaning to be found in this wonderful elegantly written poem
Emotional and eloquently written!!! Love this!!!❤️❤️💕
Wow, the layers of meaning here are so powerful! I love poetry that I have to read more than once. Each time, I see something new. Excellent job!
"The bird in the gilded cage". She's safe and fed, but her wings long for flight, for freedom. What a lovely, but melancholy poem. Just beautiful! You have such a way with words! :)
Once soaring with dreams & aspirations, now stuck in a cubicle.
I think in one way or another, every one of us have experienced this unfortunately. Your poem was so poignant and beautifully written!
That ending really tugs at the heartstrings and brings the message home. Beautiful work, Cindy!
Oh dang. This stirs some some familiar feelings in me. Very effective and well done!
This is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful work. I love the metaphor here. It reads to me that the bird represents a woman found stuck in an unhealthy relationship. Well done!!!
Something other, indeed. This was so very relatable and you expressed it beautifully :)