A Bird In a Gilded Cage
I was condemned
from the first day I saw you.
Bewitched, enamored for ever
by your inexplicable beauty.
Little did I know
where you were to lead me.
I was a slave to Eros,
a fickle love
god aided by his snide piper Pan.
You brought me to your home,
a mansion built for love,
and closed the door on me.
Now I feel a prisoner
inside a gilded cage
besotted with love.
I have no strength to open the door
and fly to freedom.
I am rich.
I have no food.
I'm dead for life:
In the deepest part of my heavy heart
I know
I will find courage to open the cage
but only if I can find true love.
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