FREEDOM

GOUTAMI DASNAYAK

I was a caged soul

with quivering pains and silent screams

nipped in the bud were all my dreams.

I struggled on roads full of thorns

no hand to help me, no ears to hear my plight

I faced the stones pelted with all my might.

Then one fine day, hope shone my way

I travelled far and wide

Over oceans, rivers and lands far of sight

I spanned this sky free as a kite.

As I soared up, above and high

across all mountains in this limitless sky,

like a bird spreading its colourful wings,

I found the joy that Freedom brings.