You can’t cage a bird
You can’t make it stay
You can’t clip its wings
Force it not to stray
You can’t tear its heart
Straight out of its chest
Tell it not to feel
And numb the blessed rest
You can’t take its colours
Dim its shining light
Dull its glistening feathers
Warn don’t be too bright
You can’t blunt its beak
Tell it be less sharp
Tape the two together
Silence its magic harp
Don’t cage a bird
You know not what you do
What you rob the world
Of such a sacred few
You can’t cage a bird
Even if you tried
A bird like that
It was born to fly
– C.R. Haddad