Cage-free

             

             

Nine years back she acquired

A new name, identity and address

Judgmental eyes and reviews

Bothered her day and night

 

Sugar coated or sharp- tongued words

Sarcastic silence or sardonic sermons

Her worried smile and eager eyes

Shard identity recharged today

 

A welcome note to her muddled ears

The honied song of the Canary bird

Green and brown feathers in the mirror cage

Her tuneful friend in the golden cage

 

Puffed up Canary in the wired enclosure

His companion, the reflecting cage

Plentiful seed mixes, millet and water

Scarce space in the captive care

 

Similar stories both had

Customary humming at the first light

Her beads and his throat croon

Food to their parched soul

 

Dauntless she with her fearless mind

A step forward to ajar the sealed

Flutter of wings and soared into the sky

An empty cage for another flight!