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A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream
Till the current ends and dips his wing
In the orange suns rays
And dares to claim the sky.

But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
Of things unknown but longed for still
And his tune is heard on the distant hill for
The caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.
Saw a picture of
you today and
you still inflict
terror into the
heart of that
fifth grade
girl that
still lives
inside me,

Sierra.

and to this
day I still feel
that I need to
prove to you
that I wasn't
so
unworthy?
or so small
a cat
a mouse
a flea
stuck under your
pointer finger.
(c) Brooke Otto

Funny how people wreak havoc even after they're gone.
He was like the thunder
8 miles, 7 miles, 9 miles,
suddenly, three. Suddenly
gone. Suddenly,
rain, suddenly
none.
(c) Brooke Otto
What better way
to celebrate Life
than to tempt Death?
Reality is an Allusion
and so is Pain.
Allusion, illusion; get it? Hah!
"You are what you do, not what you say."
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