Watch Me Fly

WATCH ME FLY

Though you clip my wings

and tie me to a string

to stop me

Watch me fly

Throw me in your cage

Lock me up for days

to block me

Watch me fly

My

feathers grow

Your strings will rot

I'll be out of your cage

when opportunity knocks

Let me spread my flapping wings

Then try to catch me

Watch me fly

May take some time

for me to rise

but surely...

Watch me fly

The mountains you made

will slowly fade

below me

as i rise.

I was not so strong

You used me then,

I waited long

I renewed my strength

And soon

Nothing you use

can still attach me

Just watch me

I am breaking off everything that clings to me

I am shaking off anything you bring to me

And as soon as I take off these ties

I will fly

I will…fly…

Higher than you thought I could get

You will witness as I rise

Destined to get there fast at last

a master of my own skies

So though you clip my wings

and tie me to your strings

to stop me

Watch me fly

Throw me in your cage

Lock me up for days

to block me

Watch me fly…

My

feathers grow

Your strings will rot

I will be out of your cage

not coming back

Let me spread these flapping wings

Then try to catch me

Just watch me

Because I'm

FREE from your cages

FREE from your strings

I found healing

for these wounded wings

You tried so many things

Now

Watch me fly!

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Copyright Ó 2007

Roland Watson-Grant

(Theravada Buddhist Kingston, Jamaica)

INSPIRED BY THE FIGHTING PEACOCK.

DEDICATED TO THE UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE OF BURMA.

NEVER GIVE UP!