<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491763" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Our Bird In Your Cage</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">we have this bird<br>we both own it and love it and care for it<br>our bird<br>and you have this cage<br>that you only own<br>golden, new and strong and as you say it<br>so reliable<br>that when our bird is in that cage<br>it will be safe<br>and cannot escape</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we feed this bird together<br>and give it water and birdseeds<br>and a place of twigs and swing<br>where the bird can play<br>and perch upon<br>like it is on a tree</div><div style="margin:10px 0">days and years<br>we keep this bird in your cage<br>and we see it is dying<br>and wanting to be free</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yet you say, this sickness is just temporary<br>time heals what has wounded it<br>and shall forget the power of its wings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">days and more years<br>we keep this bird in your cage<br>and i have not listened at all<br>to the sad song of that bird<br>her waning chirps<br>her weakened wings<br>her way of losing hold to the dreams of its wings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">today we see this bird is dead<br>but you have no sadness at all<br>you say, you will buy another bird<br>again to be kept in your cage</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>i could have told you<br>i am the bird in your cage and i too have forgotten the power of <br>my wings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i could have told you, i have long died<br>and have forgotten what freedom is, what love is, what i am</div><div style="margin:10px 0">in the first place. How can i ever tell you? <br>you are my cage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491763" data-title="Our Bird In Your Cage de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="we have this bird we both own it and love it and care for it our bird and you have this cage that you only own golden, new and strong and as you say it so reliable that when our bird is in that cage it will be safe and cannot escape we feed this ..."></div> </div> </div>

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