A Caged Bird's Song For Freedom Poem by Renu Kakkar

A Caged Bird's Song For Freedom



See the birds on the trees are free,
to leap and soar into the skies.
Bask in the glory of the sun,
or sit on logs floating downstream.
Bathe in the puddles formed by rain,
or in the dust to get rid of their back pain.
Sing from dawn to dusk,
eating grains and worms from the grass.

I am a bird kept in a cage,
hitting my head on the bars with rage.
Neither the sky to soar upwards to,
nor the treetops to hop and leap to.
Not to sing to my heart's content,
or fly to where the rainbow ends.
Eating whatever is given to me,
even if it is disliked by me you see.

My foot is tied,
to the cage's side.
My cage is narrow,
movement is slow.
I dread my death
in this prisoned place.
Before my time is up you see,
freedom for all is necessary.

The songs i tweet,
are painful indeed.
But on deaf ears they seem to fall,
no one yet heard my help calls.
I wish to fly away away and away,
someone kind my songs will sway.
opening my cage and setting me free from doom,
to live a life that's a God given boon.

renukakkar18.10.2011
Copyright@2011

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Renu Kakkar 29 June 2012

thanks for liking the poem Sharad

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Sharad Juneja 06 June 2012

Renu, , , , , a beautiful poem really a class

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Renu Kakkar 27 December 2011

thank you for your comments, sir

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C. P. Sharma 21 October 2011

Even in cage you sing so well When you are free you would excel.

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