Uncaged

A swan stuck in a cage

Can’t fly, can’t sing, can’t turn the page

Can’t be with her pair, can’t breathe deep air

Without breaking rules, without a stare

With every step she tries to make

The cagers rage, the silence breaks

They scream, they scramble, tear her down

And still she moves, without a sound

Their voices sharp like winter wind

Cutting deeper than her skin

Scars beneath the snow-white grace

Bleeding where no eyes will trace

But her heart keeps beating, wild and wide

Wings still aching for the sky

Even caged, she holds the flame

Of a song they couldn’t tame

One day soon, she'll rise and soar

A voice unchained forevermore

They say, “Be still, don't dream too loud”

She bows her head beneath the shroud

But in her chest, a storm ignites

A rebel soul that burns for flight

She dreams of skies with no more bars

A place where wounds can turn to stars

And though they push, and though she bends

She’s writing songs they cannot end

The pain they give, she turns to gold

A silent fire, fierce and bold

Behind the feathers, bruised and torn

A force of nature still unborn

But her heart keeps beating, wild and wide

Wings still aching for the sky

Even caged, she holds the flame

Of a song they couldn’t tame

One day soon, she'll rise and soar

A voice unchained forevermore

Let them scream, let them rage

She’s not meant to die in a cage

Let them try to clip her flight

She was made for open light

‘Cause her heart keeps beating, wild and wide

Wings still aching for the sky

Even bruised, she holds the flame

Of a soul they couldn’t claim

One day soon, she’ll break the door

And sing so loud, they cage no more