Was inspired to write this poem after reading a Hindi poem from my school text. This is my second poem, the first being in Hindi posted in my mother's blog. With a little help with regards to the rhyming factor, I present to you this poem.
Freely up high in the sky
we fly
Freedom we seek
Freely up high in the sky
we fly
When caged we seem to have
lost our voice
Crashing inside the golden
bars, as we try
Our wings we break with no
other choice.
Flowing water is what
quenches our thirst
Not when given in a golden
bowl
Bitter lemon is not so
cursed
Deprived of which we never
feel whole.
In the bondage of golden
chains
We forget our speed and
flight
Hopping and skipping
around the plains
Which in our dreams we saw
it bright.
Our desire is to touch the
blue sky’s horizon
Opening out like books to
the sun’s rays
Never wanting to be caged
like diamond
Our deepest desire never
seem to raise.
All we want is a
borderless sky
To hear our wings spread
and flap
Never is it our longing to
sigh
Breath does stop legs held
in strap.
Deprived are we of the
support of trees
Happy houses demolished
why oh why
Please let us free to fly
with ease
Open our cages and bid us
goodbye.
