The Song of the Caged Bird

When the caged bird sings It tells of her story The song will be sad Like a dirge A lamentation For her plight Of her bondage When the caged bird sings It tells of her longing To be free To spread her wings And fly away To freedom land That has no walls There she is free To fly towards the sun Free to embrace the wind Caressing her wingtips As she glides In the open sky Within the walls of her cage She is shackled, oppressed She cannot spread her wings And freely fly Untouched by the wind Unbathed by the glowing sun The caged bird withers Till she slowly dies From her misery The never ending agony Forgotten, unremembered Without knowing How it feels to be free