Jesikkah GrillsÂ
My Inner voice longs to be heard
Instead of feeling cagedÂ
like a song less bird
My wings are spreadÂ
I’m ready to flyÂ
But nobody hears meÂ
no matter how hard I try Â
Shubhra Barwa
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Caged feelings
Desperate for freedomÂ
of expression
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Rinku ShahÂ
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Unsaid words…
Cry out the loudestÂ
like unhappy captured birds.
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Aparna Vemuri
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Let your inner voiceÂ
break free.
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David Mlu Benjamin
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Freedom is gainedÂ
when the caged heartÂ
can freely fly. Â
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Nerisha KemrajÂ
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My emotions run wild,Â
trapped within meÂ
Like a bird in a cage,Â
trying to get freeÂ
With no way out,Â
I struggle to breathe.
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Kasturi BasuÂ
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Dear Captive Soul, stop screaming..
Break Free..Â
Touch the sky, sing a song,Â
Fly away Darling!Â
There’s a mundane emptinessÂ
in my hollow rib cage..
A cage holding you
 with a memoir of past gloryÂ
with a portrayal of harsh truth..
Fly way darling.. Break Free!
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Rinku Shah
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What one never says,
With you forever stays.
Like snared birds,
Are unexpressed feelings and words.
They don’t just disappear,
Their loud cries are for you to hear.
Release and let go,
Look towards a better tomorrow!
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Debra Pry
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Keeping everything in,Â
just creates your soul to cry.
When you let it out,
This is what it sounds likeÂ
when doves cry. Â
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Karthik Parthasarathy
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Caged inside me,Â
My innermost feelings,Â
Yelling out for help,Â
To be set free.
If it is liberated,Â
Would it liberate my soul too?Â
That’s trapped in me as well,Â
For how many births,Â
I do not know. Â
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Katie FolberthÂ
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The panic will stopÂ
when the heart can sing.
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SarrveshwaranÂ
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Whether or not you see,
Fettered feathersÂ
long to be free.
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Meyer Ramski
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Heart black as a ravenÂ
screaming out forÂ
redemption.
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Avaiyak Ahngasuk
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Find your voice,Â
and free your song within!
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Karla Campos
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There’s a phoenix fire in your soul
One day it will get tired of the oppressionÂ
and break free from your human body.
It will break everythingÂ
you were unleashingÂ
an unstoppable force.Â
A force that fears no death.Â
A force of freedom.

