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Can a Caged Bird Fly

April 7, 2022
By MAC-HAB GOLD, Wyndmere, North Dakota
MAC-HAB GOLD, Wyndmere, North Dakota
12 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -Christopher Robin


Can the caged bird fly?

If the door opens,

would its wings spread wide?

Or would it stay,

in the melancholy monotony of sameness?

Would anything change,

if it left its gilded cage?

Could it affect someone?

Anyone?

A singular person?

No, it won’t.

It shouldn’t and couldn’t.

But if it did fly again.

Maybe, I could try to fly again.

Perhaps one day,

two caged birds can soar the sky together

and finally be free.


The author's comments:

I get stuck in my head quite often. I struggle with anxiety, it always tells me I am not good enough unless I am perfect, but no one is. My brain goes on autopilot and my heart gets shut off. I may want to try something new, but anxiety has other plans. 


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on Apr. 16 2022 at 3:55 pm
Kingpoet2806 GOLD, Collierville, Tennessee
19 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Her heart was an open book with beautiful pages and detailed lettering. She wanted people to read her story in hopes that it would make them write their own. Instead, every person who came across the pages of her heart ripped out their favorite story and took it with them. They folded back pages and bent up corners. They signed their name with sloppy writing and with a simple 'goodbye'. This book is now tucked away in the darkest parts of her, because no one wants to read a tragic story with a bad ending.

understandable. anxiety sucks. your writing is well versed and highlights the struggle.