Open blue sky calls
Trimmed wings flutter, flight futile
Freedom a sad dream
Lush green forest lost
Berries, colorful, beckon
Greed leads to bondage
Inside gilded cage
Slowly fading freedom dream
Wings weakened, useless
Sad songbird mimics
Nature’s music stifled harsh
Captor rejoices
Wings spread one last time
Freedom calls, break the prison
Caged bird, dead, takes flight
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