I fly like a bird over the vast blue sky daily
I am admired by many for being free
But they don’t see the cage that I drag behind me
With a label on it saying: in exile
I fly around the globe not because of
the wonders that attract me at every corner
but because of not having anywhere to land
where I feel I belong.
I only stay for a season
I am sweet and smiley, I acquire friends
And soon enough I pack my invisible cage
And move on.
I move on before anybody realizes
How useless and sad really I am
Before all hell breaks loose
Before they learn the truth,
That I am imprisoned
In a cage I built for myself
From protecting me from being seen,
From being caught by a wild beast.
I am protected
And imprisoned
In my own self imposed
Homelessness.