Birds

There was once

A free bird

And he flew over

Mountains

And valleys

He saw fields

Of paddy

And rivers of

Clear blue water

And he saw how nature

Took hold

And life was lived

Days unfold

He saw people

And animals

Plants

And sand

He saw waves

Crashing into

Each other

He watched as lightning

Struck and shook

The world

As wind blew away

What remained

But each day

He flew back to

The caged bird

That he loved

And he told her

In great detail

Everything he

Had seen

And she lived through

His words

Imagined places

She would never be to

Never see

She saw the world outside

Her cage

Even if

They were through

The free bird's

Words

But then

One day

The caged bird

Waited

And she waited

And she waited

But that day

The free bird

Never flew back

Nor did he

The next day

And so the caged bird

Never saw the world

Again

Except the plain grey

Walls

Around her

Caged

Barred

Life.