And she flew

She rested snugly in her bed of leaves,
As the night fell
And smiled as the others said
“You have done well”

As a young bird she had learnt good
To give up was something she never would
She worked hard and she worked fast
To fit with her coloured friends
She was always there for them
For they were her only friends

As that night came, came the unexpected
The winds and thunderstorm were never like before
They struck hard and with a vengeance
And they struck till they got her down
Leaving her broken and torn
Through the night till dawn.

The morning came
And it was no better than the night
For here she had lost it all
And had no strength to survive

She tried with all her might
To fly back to life
But her broken wings was a disgrace
To her only coloured friends.

As she perched on the tree that night
She felt her heart sigh
For though this was a life she had come to known
She had never felt more torn.
Is this life
Or is this what I believed it to be?
Is this life
Or is this what I made it to be ?

In pain and anguish she flew
Till she could fly no more
Through the woods
Over the sea
Up the mountain
And on the low green fields
And flew she did
And she wanted to stop no more

For as she flew
She re-lived her longing to fly
To feel the wind in her wings
And the leaves dance at her feet
To wake up to nature
And the smell of life
She re-lived her love
She re-lived those dreams
That she had buried
Long before that fateful night.

She now saw her world
Where she lived those dreams
Where everyday work was not a task
But a fulfilment of those dreams
She now saw her world
And lived every moment of it
She felt life in her
Life like never before
Oh! Life like never before.