• Hiding from You

    A mechanical bird can flap its wings as hard as it can
    And jump into the air as high as its legs allow,
    But even then it cannot fly freely into the sky
    And soar carelessly into the clouds.

    A wolf in sheep’s clothing can be as quiet as a mouse
    And graze acres of fresh green grass.
    But its ravenous and murderous intent
    Will be as obvious to all as its long bushy tail.

    A raven black crow can sing as much as it wants
    And gloat to the world about his harmonious melody,
    But it cannot change its rough raspy voice
    And its pitiful braggart nature.

    A flower can be beautiful and radiant
    And seem to stand on its own.
    But it does not change the fact that it is both being used by
    And relying on the plant from which it was born and tended.

    And just like the soulless bird and counterfeit sheep,
    The narcissist crow, and desperate flower,
    Humans try to cover their flaws and mistakes
    With lies and self-deceit.

    But even the layers of lies and barriers of dishonesty
    Cannot cover up what you shamefully try to hide from the world.

    So break the lock
    To the cage of your own fabrication

    And live.