a caged bird sings

a caged bird sings

freedom?  freedom? FREEDOM
a caged bird sings
longs for open air
wispy breeze, take me away
today
tomorrow,
pass the sorrow
to someone else
to wrestle
thoughts of freedom
despising the bars
of cages, wages
cannot proclaim
my life's importance
innocence taken,
mistaken into adulthood
i would,
i could,
but should i
conform
and grow up
for the life
of politics,
judgement,
restrictions
of the process,
tired of this
raw mess.