RESTRAINED

When I am a caged bird 
My songs are not so sweet 
A perfectly arranged score 
Of lilting notes 
A pure melody 
But never a rhapsody. 
I sing for you 
My music, touching 
Your beautiful soul 
The sounds emanate 
From my chained throat, 
But my breaths 
They carry not my heartbeats 
Nor the wetness of my eyes 
Or the bubbling joys that rise.
These things, they die 
Inside my heart and my eye 
Waiting to be born again 
Some day, 
When my breast will be unchained 
My wings will be free 
And I will sing my rhapsody 
Just for you 
And you will applaud 
Just for me. 


MS