Love Liberates
Dr. Maya Angelou speaks about the power of love in this clip.
Dr. Maya Angelou speaks about the power of love in this clip.
I know why the caged bird sings
I know why she tries to fly with broken wings
I know why
I know why
Because deep inside
Something is hurt
Mangled
I know why the dying bird cries for love
I know why her sing rings to the heavens above
Because she knows
She will die all alone
And cold
I know why she is blind to what hope brings
I know why she is incapable of these things
Because
Because
The other birds have all abandoned her
She is not a dove or a swan
No beauty for the light to shine on
Forgotten
God, I know why but I can’t help her
Because I am also a prisoner
Refugee of my thoughts
Captive of my heart
I can never fix the mangle, mold it into something better
So I bury myself in the shade of my cage
To await death’s laughter
Because
Because
There is no love for me
beyond bars the lying stars
rain acid on my dreams
singe my feathers and burn my beak
no tweet or sing to be sung
for the lonely birdy out on her own
without a flock
I know why she calls him back
The sorrowful raven with promises of tomorrow
Longing to trust all the black parts of him
I know why, stiff and dead
She points her head to the rising sun
And waits for love
that will not come
ever been kidnapped
by a poet
if i were a poet
i’d kidnap youput you in my phrases
and meter you to jones beach
or maybe coney island
or maybe just to my houselyric you in lilacs
dash you in the rain
alliterate the beach
to complement my seeplay the lyre for you
ode you with my love song
anything to win you
wrap you in the red Black green
show you off to mamayeah if i were
a poet i’d kid
nap you
Nikki Giiovanni