Cage
Freedom,
the blue sky open and free.
My heart aches to be free,
to spread my wings and fly among the clouds.
Yet these chains hold me back within this cage.
You gave me the strength to fly.
Yet you have bound me to the ground.
You crafted these chains yourself,
link by link,
foot by foot
with every lie,
with every promise broken.
You are the crafter of the cage in which I am sealed,
to watch others fly in freedom and joy.
Yet they know not what a treasure they have been given.
I watch in sadness and grief knowing I will never join them.
For thou I have the strength,
I have not the freedom.
Your love gave me wings to fly.
Yet your fear is the lock the binds me in this cage.
Yet what has killed my hope for freedom?
What is it that will keep me inside this cage tell death has clamed me?
It is the same as what has already destroyed my heart…
It is your distrust in me.