Birds

Once I asked a bird in a cage, "Why are you here?"

An innocent reply came, "I think, for them I was very dear! "

The bird then asked me, "What is your dream?"

I said, "To fly!"

It said, "You don't have wings, but you can take mine"

To which I asked, "Don't you need them? What will you do without yours?"

It sadly said, "In this cage I cannot fly! These wings are of no use behind these closed doors!"

My heart sank to the thought,

That a bird could think what a human could not.

I decided to set it free,

And on the count of three,

I opened the cage without thinking about many things.

The bird came out, filled with joy,

And told me "I can still give you my wings!"