The Cage

On Letting Go
Poem-The Cage

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The Cage

I stare beyond at the open spaces

that exist between the bars.

My colors once alive and radiant

now dimmed by artificial light

My beautiful voice once filled with song—

silenced.

Captured.
Held too long inside this cell.
My soul confined.
I am still.
Joyful no more.

Day passes after endless day
without change.
No escape in sight
No way to end my turmoil.

Faces used to glow
from my cheerful songs.
Now they only mirror anger
because I no longer bring them joy.
The songbird without a song
a heart lost,
unable to utter a lone note.
My purpose in life disappeared, vanished.

A friendly breeze rustles the latch,
with the first rays of light.
My door cracks open just enough.
Long confined by these heavy bars,
I stretch my tattered wings,
And break forth into the air
and freedom.

No longer held against my will—

contained.

Never again a prisoner.

I dance with other carefree spirits on the wind

in a celebration of life.

As I discover the dawn,
the song returns to my heart
My wings unfold in the new day’s sun.
now resplendent, glowing.
My soul reborn.
Alive,
I fly to greet the new world.

Kirsti A. Dyer, MD, MS

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