CAGED BIRDS DON’T SING
You say the plan is not to ground me
Yet you ask that I be yours alone
None other’s
You say no plans to cage me
You want me for your pet
Calculated sweetness till I melt
Still, it is a bird you claim to love
It is the free-spiritedness that draws you
The flight that keeps you chasing
The scent of sweet surrender that keeps you going
This is how to love a bird
Spread her wings, let her fly
Give her sail, let her soar
Know ye not
That caged birds don’t sing?
