I know that bird is still inside me
chirping away
ruffling its feathers
waiting to get out
it’s getting impatient
too long has it been locked up
unable to stretch its wings

it’s pecking at the walls
battling
some days it breaks a hole
it peeks out and sees the light
then almost instantly that whole closes back up
back in darkness the bird goes

other days it’s even further trapped
not even enough space to move it screams to get out and then gets silenced again
the dark keeping it in its place

but someday
someday it hopes to get out and be free once more finding its wings on the wind again