know why the caged bird sang..

i know why the caged bird sang..
because she was able to finally understand..
despite all the things that happened to her as a child..
she can finally move on with life..
and make it her own..
own it like it was a CD she bought in the store..
own it like it was the first thing she bought with her first pay check..
own it like it was..
HERS..
so i sit here..
contemplating if i am yet whole from the substance i was high from..
so high off the ground i lost who i was inside..
something like a crack addict..
something like a alcoholic..
who uses substances to clear their minds..
of unwanted thoughts and desires..
i find myself something like the caged bird..
because while im trapped in my thoughts..
i free myself with words..
words either on the screen..
on in a note pad..
because thats all i know how to get my point across..
i cannot verbalize because my system reads overheated..
overheated with emotions..
anger..
regret..
sadness..
bitterness..
confusion..
excapes so freely when i write..
which is why writing is a muse..
and not a talent to me..
it sets me free..
like the caged birds song..
we are one in the same dear friend..
because only you know what its like to feel trapped..
confined in small spaces..
cornered..
afflicted..
i feel at times i rise above the occasion..
and then there are times when i fall below the notch..
the caged bird sings..
because thats the only way she is able to communicate her feelings..
while noone listens to the song..
she feels released because its music she understands..
its made and played over again for her amusement..
not for everyone elses..
she sings songs of rejoice..
she sings songs of pain..
she sings songs of redemption..
she sings songs of proclamation..
she sings..
real life shit..
shit that feeds only her soul..
because only she knows what it feels like to feel all of those things..
only she can interpret it because its her life story..
noone can shoot down her songs..
because noone can interpret them..
noone can judge her..
except the man above..
her songs are melodic..
a lil sharp on the uptake..
let the caged bird sing..
she sings my favorite song...