Caged by my bones
I tied together the pieces of my bones into a cage.
I died tonight, another life lost in a scathing rage.
Sunrays embraced me only in my nightmares.
Yet they forge my tears into blades,
and pluck my feathers one by one.
They grin at my bleeding wings.
I hate it for being broken.
I hate being at a stranger’s mercy.
What use are the bare bones of my wings?
With no feathers, with no rights,
Wings, not a tool for my freedom,
But a curse that fills my burned eyes with hope,
Once again, I trust the glimpses.
Of possibility, a cage-free future,
The greenery grounds me and calls to my broken self.
Even if I am a frail bird with a stolen life,
Of all the lost lives, the lives that one shined,
It shone brighter than mere stars.
Although they are free, they are dead.
Oh, Death, I see him now.
This time, I will be his bride.
Not due to the blood I shed.
Not by the chains shackling my remaining breaths.
Not by the blades that consume my bones, flesh, and feathers.
Not by the cage I built around myself.
Not by the burning heat of the sun.
But by the hatred they sowed inside me,
Hatred of my existence and a collective, we,
As a passerby, a prisoner, and a purpose
I want to at least once.
Regardless of death, even if he demands my pain as a dowry,
With nothing left to lose, I want to try.
Soar with my clipped wings.
I press the blades that throw
Deep down into my bare wings,
My wings are embellished with moonlight.
I will slice and silence the words.
That taunts me with lies and truths.
My wings shatter the cage.
With the blades that were once thrown at me,
And I carved the bones of my past self.
into armour, protecting my wounds.
As I am both the armour and the wound,
I can no longer deny my love.
For myself, my past and the vast blues,
I am a bird, a frail bird.
Oh, but I can fly, fly high,
Above this cage, above their cruelty masked as love,
With a newfound fondness for uncertainty,
To break free of the chains, I shattered my legs.
I no longer require them because I was born to fly.
Regardless of the weight of my pounding heart,
I dive, dive into the air.
I may crash.
I may fly.
Oh, the possibility thrills me.
My mother’s words echo in the wind.
"Hope is cruel, but a necessity for freedom."
Blood covers the blades with my name.
My wings are slicing the air.
Spread into the wings of my dream,
I am flying, flying high,
Towards the moon and winking stars,
I am alive, lest I be caged.
At last, I am alive and free.
© Swaathy
I died tonight, another life lost in a scathing rage.
Sunrays embraced me only in my nightmares.
Yet they forge my tears into blades,
and pluck my feathers one by one.
They grin at my bleeding wings.
I hate it for being broken.
I hate being at a stranger’s mercy.
What use are the bare bones of my wings?
With no feathers, with no rights,
Wings, not a tool for my freedom,
But a curse that fills my burned eyes with hope,
Once again, I trust the glimpses.
Of possibility, a cage-free future,
The greenery grounds me and calls to my broken self.
Even if I am a frail bird with a stolen life,
Of all the lost lives, the lives that one shined,
It shone brighter than mere stars.
Although they are free, they are dead.
Oh, Death, I see him now.
This time, I will be his bride.
Not due to the blood I shed.
Not by the chains shackling my remaining breaths.
Not by the blades that consume my bones, flesh, and feathers.
Not by the cage I built around myself.
Not by the burning heat of the sun.
But by the hatred they sowed inside me,
Hatred of my existence and a collective, we,
As a passerby, a prisoner, and a purpose
I want to at least once.
Regardless of death, even if he demands my pain as a dowry,
With nothing left to lose, I want to try.
Soar with my clipped wings.
I press the blades that throw
Deep down into my bare wings,
My wings are embellished with moonlight.
I will slice and silence the words.
That taunts me with lies and truths.
My wings shatter the cage.
With the blades that were once thrown at me,
And I carved the bones of my past self.
into armour, protecting my wounds.
As I am both the armour and the wound,
I can no longer deny my love.
For myself, my past and the vast blues,
I am a bird, a frail bird.
Oh, but I can fly, fly high,
Above this cage, above their cruelty masked as love,
With a newfound fondness for uncertainty,
To break free of the chains, I shattered my legs.
I no longer require them because I was born to fly.
Regardless of the weight of my pounding heart,
I dive, dive into the air.
I may crash.
I may fly.
Oh, the possibility thrills me.
My mother’s words echo in the wind.
"Hope is cruel, but a necessity for freedom."
Blood covers the blades with my name.
My wings are slicing the air.
Spread into the wings of my dream,
I am flying, flying high,
Towards the moon and winking stars,
I am alive, lest I be caged.
At last, I am alive and free.
© Swaathy