Invisible bars

You saw a bird

A beautiful bird

Flying freely, singing gaily

The bird drew you in, enchanted you

It made you laugh, it made you smile

You sang it a song, that it needed to hear

and the bird flew onto your shoulder

It cheeped a reply, about days gone by

And you started to sing together

It had it's own plans, to fly west for the summer

back to the nest where it really belonged.

You gave it some love and made it feel special

you scolded it, and made it feel small

Time flew by, months followed days

And our friend sung less and less

It didn't want to fly, it just wanted to cry

And dreamed of a time when everything felt easy

With faded colours and no song in it's heart

You soon grew tired of your pet

And the bird sits forlorn, her dreams left behind

In the cage she didn't realise she'd flown into.