Caged
Free me, let me live
sins of the past, demons of now
Free me, let me be
intricacies of the future, uncertain as it is.
Like a beautiful bird, she's in a cage
slowly, her feathers fall
Lines and creases of age
everyday her smile fades.
Expectations, huge as they are
fill her soul to its core
A dream and a reality so bleak
that place she just can't reach.
Stuck in a loop, confining it is
victim of people's beliefs
Afraid to have a mind of her own
sacred to think for herself.
When will freedom come?
When will she ask those questions?
the ones that lurk like monsters
the questions of her sanity.
Perhaps in this world before she goes
or maybe in the next one if it does come
something will give, a thing like change
and she'll realize she is her own cage.
Author's Biography
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