hope
It’s not something that is talked about but it shows
Feeling like you’re floating on air just to turn a corner and have your wings cut off
To crash on the ground wishing there was another way
A long way
But there isn’t there’s straight
Walking into your cage hiding your just healed wings
Sing when told eat when fed and repeat when spoken to
Talons have no use here cause a single scratch on the one that owns you turns bad
For you
You hid it you sing happily you try not to break under the pressure
And someone sees this
They ask you to fly but you can’t go far they say sing and you choke on your tears
They hate seeing you like this hurting in your cage so they take you
They fix you as much as you let them and when they tell you to speak
It’s not to repeat it’s to speak the truth
Scary no terrifying speaking the truth you cry cause it’s all you’ve known
It’s wrong yes
But it’s how you lived
Lived in fear in the pain
Nothing ever broken but you left exhausted and wanting an end
Once you speak you are free
At first it doesn’t feel like it but you are
Strange yes but new no fear
No shame
No disappointment
Your wings spread to their full length and you soar