A Sad Existance

In it's cage is trapped the bird
It's cries for freedom seldom heard
A witness to the world outside
In plain view nowhere to hide
It'll never fly though it has wings
A sad existance and yet it sings

Longing to one day be free
Dreaming of the things it see
Behind the bars it views the skies
And every day more of it dies
Living sorrow that each day brings
A sad existance and yet it sings

These four walls are all it'll ever know
Stuck here forever, no place to go
With no choice but to wait and sit
And waste away bit by bit
Wanting a different life and different things
A sad existance and yet it sings

It spreads it's wings to no avail
For there is no way it can prevail
Lonliness it's only friend
Up until the very end
Realizing it will never soar
Until finally one day, it sings no more