Flying Free

The tiny dove sat inside of the cage

Stirring not with peace but internal rage

Staring through the bars at the world out there

The more she dreamed, the more she would fear

Fear the world, its unknown mystery

This cage was protection, her life history

She had the key to the world, to open the door

But then there would be protection no more

Frustration grew, contemplation began

Her heart racing, her mind how it ran

What if she was judged, what if her past came back

What if the world was a place of constant attack

The few times she had ventured outside

She came groveling back to the cage to hide

The world got too scary, it just got too tough

The winds got too hard, the storms too rough

And back she would fly, back to the cage

Back to the short-lived peace then internal rage

Her tiny body could take this no more

Next time she flew out she would break the door

She would toss the key and fly as far as she could

 But with this fear she never would

In a world so scary, she couldn't fly out alone

She'd done that before every time she'd flown

But no one would care about this captive dove

That's what she thought then she heard a noise up above

Her gaze shot up to the brightened sky

From above she heard a voice start to cry

"Take flight, go in peace, I will be the wind in your wings, 

I will protect you from all of those evil things

Gaze ahead and you'll see a battle it's true

But no matter what I will fight for you.

Go join the flock that is flying with me, 

Go my princess, fly out,  go and be free"

A fluttering of wings roared through the sky

She gazed straight ahead at the flock flying by

They flew with such strength, with beauty too

It was in that moment she knew what to do

She flew so fast, the door burst off the cage

She flew with the strength of the internal rage

The cage was shattered, the key lost in flight

She flapped her wings with growing might

To the flock she flew to be surrounded by love

The love of others like her, other free doves

Doves once locked in cages, now flying fast

Flying away from the torment of a guarded past

Flying to victory together and strong

Supporting each other when right and when wrong

They were bonded together by their pasts and their cages

By the years of the building of internal rages

They were united by the freedom they found

When they heard the Voice and let freedom abound

The Voice of their Father, of the Wind in their rings

The Voice that let them cry out: "Let freedom ring"