{"id":574,"date":"2022-06-15T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2023-08-12T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T21:45:29","slug":"cagedbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/?p=574","title":{"rendered":"Caged Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Oh, the golden chains of practicality<\/em>.<em> Trading one childhood for another for the sake of comfort and stability. But what of those who live their dreams freely, recklessly? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">~~~*~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trapped.<br>Always a caged bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They clipped the tips of my wings<br>So I wouldn&#8217;t fly away;<br>Drew lines in the sand<br>With tiny metal bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They stroked my feathers<br>And set down a feast of seed;<br>Caressed my beak until<br>It comfortably shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When my bones were strong<br>They said, &#8220;now you are free.&#8221;<br>Ring jingling about my leg,<br>They released me into the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I chose another cage.<br>There I have been waiting,<br>Watching dark speckles<br>Zip and twirl across the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When they dive I see<br>They are birds like me.<br>Their feathers matted and worn,<br>Mine waxed and iridescent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But their souls fly<br>While mine yawns, stretches,<br>And gently dies.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, the golden chains of practicality. Trading one childhood for another for the sake of comfort and stability. But what of those who live their dreams freely, recklessly? ~~~*~~~ Trapped.Always a caged bird. They clipped the tips of my wingsSo I wouldn&#8217;t fly away;Drew lines in the sandWith tiny metal bars. They stroked my feathersAnd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexroden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}