Canary's Song

in The Ink Well5 years ago

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My dream,
The dream that I have.
When I close my eyes
The scene that I see
Is a day and a place
A time and a space

Where the walls surround me
And the echoes receive me
The starry night smiles above me
And even the shy wind caresses me

They whisper to me
It is time... Canary
So I open my mouth, I sing
A Requiem
A Dirge
A Lullaby
An ode
A song... My song...
I sing it all, I sing all of it.
This is me.

This time I feel it
My heart is finally open
And my spirit is finally free
And the feelings in my voice
Feelings I don't even recognize
They are truly being expressed

I sing out my tears
Belting each note full of pain
It flows out of me
Releasing all my happiness
Rejecting all the sadness
Finally becoming more than a vessel
Truly alive, Truly free.

For the first time I hear my own voice.
And finally, I learn my own song.