I am a fish that cannot swim,
I am a pool that prays to drink;
My heart is a vessel chained
And my lungs are docked and moored
For no breeze ruffles the sails
And the rudder does not roar.
I am the bird that sings for no one;
I am the tapping in the night
But when one looks out, I am the reflection staring back.
No one reads my face;
I am a figment of a dream,
That sleeps without a wake.
I am locked within my safe,
Where none can melt the wax
Even I have forgotten the code
Which trapped my fear and sealed my soul;
Where silent tears fall upon the earth
But no one hears them drown,
For their ears are filled with sounds,
Of selfish selfless worth.
If one does solve this secret,
All that will be left, are bones within a cage,
And a note that says, I have flown away.