Free

Do you have to rattle the birds cage
to make it want to leave?
If the bird doesnt want to leave
but you know that it would be happier
outside in the open air,
what should you do?
You know that when you shake it
the bird will get angry at you.
But you do it because its the only way
to make the bird understand
what it feels like to be without a cage.
The bird might not love you like it used to
and you might hate yourself for it
and want your bird back
but you know that the bird is happier
when it is free from you.
Sometimes you need to
let the birds be with the birds.
And you need to not look out the window
because its not your bird anymore
and it doesnt want to be watched.
even though you never wanted to shake the cage.
all you wanted was a bird in your cage,
But thats not your bird.
That bird is free.














Not my bird.