Live free or die trying (autobiography of a bird)

Live free or die trying

(Autobiography of a bird)

I was born to live free

To embrace life

But fate had other plans

Cause I was raised among humans

And they made other plans

I was young and small

When they brought me in

I was all alone

Away from my kith and kin

They put me in a golden cage

I was condemned there for all my age

They gave me everything

Along with a fare share of abuse

I tried everything but

None was of any use

They mistook my actions

As defiance

Told me to stop

 or I’ll lose their reliance

I was choking

As my spirits died within

When I realized,

There’s only one way

To end this misery

I tried and tried so hard

Came close and yet so far

But one day I broke free

From my moribund cage

Now I can do what

I wanted to do all my age

But fate had other plans

As my joy was short-lived

I was shot down

I fell to the ground

I fluttered in pain

Thinking of my maiden flight

As I outlived my dream

And died trying….