A Bird Unbound

With feathers white and free and light, you dance along the bars.
With joyful heart and care-free art, you sing the highest part.
And I see the sky reflected in your eyes as you brighten the bars,
Skipping, preening, breathing, gleaming, taunting my captured heart.

With feet let loose, you're in the air, bound up by cheerful wings,
Higher, higher, 'til you're out of sight, clothed in white, a king.
The sky is yours for, like the clouds, you float on tender wings,
And from my small, barred domain, I hear my angel sing.