Caged

CAGED The leaves of the willow slowly fall Then the snow in a heavy ball Then the roses blossom in the field And the rain drops drizzle and yield But I rest enraptured in my cage The battles of the seasons I don’t wage Yet once I was a free spirit Roaming over hills and vales in wit Till I saw a goddess of love She took me to her warm cove And slowly my wings she plucked And slowly my freedom she plugged And fed me a praising song And I praised her all day long And still I sit in my cage Sorrow and hurt I don’t engage For tons of merry I know to gain At every time my freedom’s slain For my guardian though a goddess Is a perfect and dutiful hostess And I’m bound without pity To sing to her for eternity