I Know

She sings a joyful song

So that others can be moved

But if you listen deeper into her song

You cannot be fooled

For every High pitched note 

You can hear the truth behind her falsetto 

The pain in her voice echoes around you

In waves as if it were bouncing off of all metals.

I know why the caged bird sings.

It's because it's the only song she gets to call her own.

It's Because even when she is free, 

It's the cage she only knows as home. 

When she feels nothing but pain

She can still mask it with a tune.

So when the fire inside her dies

You won't even be able to smell the fumes.

She does not sing because she is happy,

She does not sing because she is free.

But if you listen deeper to the song

You'll know why this caged bird sings.

I sing because I wants to distract you from all of your sorrows.

I sing with hope that there is going to be a better tomorrow. 

I sing because I put other's happiness as priority before myself.

I sing to mask away all the emotions I myself have dealt.

I sing because it's the only song Ive ever known.

I sing because that's the only voice you'll ever hear as my own.

I am nested safely able to control and manage my own beat. 

When I sing, unlike when I talk, my beak does not point towards my feet. 

When I sing it's the only time I don't have to swallow my pride.

Even when I am free I'm still locked up in my mind.

I sing as if my wings are clipped 

But really I can fly just fine.

If I were to fly however, 

my feathers would probably weigh me down.

All the tears I've hidden in them would pour out,

and I'd be too afraid I'd drown.

I'd rather just keeping singing the same chorus,

Because to me it will never age. 

I'll recite each verse like it's my last

Comfortably from my cage.