A dream snatched away from the colorful eye,
The stars ripped off from the night sky;
Leaves shredded by the brutal autumn winds,
Past memories deleted from an impaired mind;

They all hum the same tune,
Of a caged bird that sings.

A summer cloud left to wail rain,
A poet's quill dying to bleed ink,
Lushy trees stripped naked to the wild typhoons,
A wolf allowed to meet love only on newmoons,

They all hum the same tune,
Of a caged bird that sings.

For she is a caged bird,
Craving to reach her cursed lover - the sky,
She awaits, awaits and awaits,
Failing to fly, she spirals down to dire straits.

Unable to sail, unable to mend,
One day, it lets out a cracking sound,
As the hum of her broken wings,
In the form of a carol, it sings.

Now you know why a caged bird sings?

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Dedicated to Poeticsoul15