Freedom Poem by Jaya Das

The bird is captive inside the cage,
Where she knows no escape
With every passing day, her feathers shed
She has yet not touched the sky bed.

The day comes when she realises
Inside the cage, she can fly high
Without spreading her wings, without touching the giant blue sky
She opened the doors of her soul
Against the moor, she witnessed the sight of a dancing silhouette
Freedom was standing at her doorstep that night.