Larry Stylinson Poem Collection

I know what the caged bird feels.

A/N This poem is not specifically about larry, but it describes larry. :)

I know what the caged birds feels, Alas.

When the sun is bright on the upland slopes.

When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass.

And the river flows like a stream of glass.

When the first bird sings and the first bud opes.

And the faint perfume from its chalice steals.

I know what the caged bird feels.

I know why the caged bird beats his wings.

Till its blood is red on the cruel bars.

For he must fly back to his perch and cling.

When he fain would be on the bough a-swing

And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars.

And they pulse again with a keener sting.

I know why he beats his wing.

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me.

When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore.

When he beats his bars and he would be free.

It is not a carol of joy or  glee.

But a prayer that he sends from his deep heart's core.

But a plea, that upward to heaven he flings.

I know why the caged bird sings.

-by Paul Laurence Dunbar.