I KNOW WHY CAGED BIRDS SING...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

By: Maya Angelou

The free bird leaps on the back of the win
and floats down stream till the current end

sand dips his wingsin the orange sun ray sand

dares to claim the sky.But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cagecan seldom see through

his bars of ragehis wings are clipped and

his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird singswith fearful tril lof the

things unknown but longed for stilland is tune i

s heardon the distant hillfor the caged bird sings

of freedomThe free bird thinks of another breeze

an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn

and he names the sky his own.But a caged bird

stands on the grave of dreamshis shadow shouts

on a nightmare screamhis wings are clipped and

his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird singswith a fearful trill of things

unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heard

on the distant hillfor the caged birdsings of freedom.


ps. I feel much better, I was just being tested. I get it now.