Caged

In the cage

My heart beats

Breathless with a thousand longings

A thousand hungers unsatiated

This spring inside which poured my blood

Like wine

Mixing it with the phlegm of a million unshed tears

Was stilted love that almost dried up

And was silenced before it ever got the chance to sing its song

The bird of truth that nearly died

Whose wings were clipped

Too young

Now flutters here

And summons me from dreams

From dusk

From a heart of love

Promise of happiness is tinged with fear

Hope too long whispered to with voices

That drowned out sunshine

And said all is lost

Really lied

What did they do to you?

This sadness wasn’t ever yours to carry

Witness to tragedy

In the end you were the bird that sung

Which they wanted to put to death

But now the cage door opens

And rescue is near

One recognised your call from a far and drew close

And said to you

Sweet bird

Fly free

You were never meant

For such a cage

With heart so awake

And still beating