According to Buddha

Your mind is like a bird that has been locked in a cage for many years. It fears liberty. Yet, freedom is its birthright.

i opened my mouth to scream and shout
waved my arms and flapped about
but i couldn’t scream i couldn’t shout,
the song was coming from my mouth.
from my mouth,
from my mouth,
from my mouth.

but in my dreams began to creep
that old familiar tweet tweet tweet

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Hanna, Alberta ~ August 2016