The Cat Inside the Bird

I see you floundering in a world you thought you knew You once saw it in ticks and tocks, and pay checks… You were blindly tripping down someone else’s path Playing cards dealt from unknown player’s decks… You once saw a life through someone else’s window And thought that yours ought to bare resemblance So you slid your way onto that path for a time Countless lessons you have learned since. Now it would appear that you, this jay bird are free From its button down shirt prison, its name badge cage From nagging lips and selfish fingers that never saw your strength Set free from the frivolity of weekdays, accounts and age. And though your wings are slightly tattered with time And your spirit is dusty around the edges where no one has cared, If you spread them towards what makes you smile If you do what so very few souls around you have dared. There is a pure fire within you that you want desperately to hide. You are afraid that it won’t be appreciated if you let it show You fear having hope in something, only to be disappointed… But the past will weigh you down forever if you never let it go. Strength froths warm beneath a peaceful exterior Intelligence and an intense soul show in your eyes I have always thought their was so much more to you But you never let me in more than hellos and goodbyes. I hope that someone else is bolder than I was And meets a chance to get through your armor. Or that you decide to open it up a crack yourself And let someone see that old snake charmer. That one I glimpsed here and there in Smokey clouds Or in your unguarded face while you were reading… The same one that hid behind practiced speeches of morality Winking at me and silently, disagreeing… If for once you would let the cat inside the bird take over It would not take long for you to see The world would better understand your nature Only then will you be free…