Hello, little bird

Hush, hush, don't be frightened

I know that in there

It's too dark, there's no light and

You're scared and you're shaking,

Been shuffled around,

Your mind's meant to fly,

But you're squished to the ground.

You hear booming voices,

A world big and new,

Gentle hands reach to lift you,

But what do you do

When the one thing you've known

Now is not certain fate?

When there's life you can live

Unconfined by your crate?

You're swallowed by shadows,

With no room to roam,

But what if that prison's

The thing you call home?

You're armed with soft wings,

They're designed so you glide

In the air, up out there,

No more reason to hide…

Crawl on out, little birdie,

And see what you'll find

When you're freed from the box

That they've carved in your mind.