Inspired by Maya Angelou's poem "I know why a caged bird sings."
Just a song in the night
A Song of light
It sings
when darkness descends
A plain looking bird
This nightingale atop the leafy branches
Just a simple brown song bird
gifted with
a melodic voice
Lifting its breast as
Darkness starts to swallow up the sun
And stirs your heart
With ballads of remarkable loss and hope
It sings of a search for love as
Of ships that pass each other silently in the night
In an ocean of churning waves
Two lights that know each other only in passing
Two strangers in an ocean of people
A brief glance of memory of love that lights up
And vanishes just as fast
Two wanderers whose paths would never ever cross again
For one is a tiny flash of light
Fighting against the encroaching darkness
Not ever hoping to outshine
The radiant star shimmering in the vast sky
The star that is the light of hope
The star that is a beacon
To guide the journey home for lost ships
The light of the firefly can barely be seen
Nevertheless a thousand in unison
Glitters like a Christmas tree
A thousand in unison brightly flickering
A joyful sight to the lonely wanderers in the night
The song bird warbles
Of two hearts passing in the night
Falling in love
never able to meet each other again for
The firefly can never reach the distant stars
That are so high up in the night sky.
Unseen though the nightingale is.
Only the melody remains
Its song pierces the coldest heart
Lights up the darkest night
And strikes the lonely sailor
Longing to reach home.
Just a song in the night
Lingers in the silence
Just a songbird
Discovering a firefly
Amongst the stars
A nightingale in the wild flies far and wide
Across mountains and seas
Free to fly through rain or shine
A songbird does not stay free for long
He pays a price for his angelic voice
That is a lure for bird hunters
The last song he sings in the wild
Before he loses his freedom
Trapped in a cage
Singing his heart out
to his captor
To be free again
To fly with the fireflies
To serenade the stars
To call the sailor
Home from stormy seas.
To fight to be free
To love
again
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