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The Caged Free Bird

Oh! Poor, Oh! A caged little nestling Spreading his wings: the joy of freedom he surmises Of the gospel he is unaware, on isolation he cling  Wisely wizard withdrew him, wily unwise
By Arjeeb Cartman

Oh! Poor, Oh! A caged little nestling

Spreading his wings: the joy of freedom he surmises

Of the gospel he is unaware, on isolation he cling 

Wisely wizard withdrew him, wily unwise 


Perfection in array, wing tricks and jolts 

The best among his caged friends; a must for him

Else the proprietor shan’t feed him for faults

Self-pity his conscience, but conscience his dim


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A life out of the cage he imagines, yet his imagination a brevity

A life without his array, that life he fears

Never will he choose, the path of liberty

As misconceptions his god, his laughs and tears 


The enticing limitations; the life of the caged free bird

A legacy of his; born and forgotten in the cage

For I, a human is the caged free bird

A captive of society I am, for my legacy their page!

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