Yen Cress - Questions for My Canary

Speck of yellow, cheery song, <br /> Toothpick legs below, <br />Sweet canary in a cage, <br /> How much do you know? <br /> <br />Do you know of warring men, <br /> Know of fearful strife? <br />Battlefields in far-off lands? <br /> Death by gun or knife? <br /> <br />When you eat your daily seeds, <br /> Do you think of boys <br />Living out of garbage cans, <br /> Never owning toys? <br /> <br />Do you know of little girls <br /> Wearing rags for clothes? <br />Little bird in feathered dress, <br /> What about all those? <br /> <br />Someone cleans your cage each day, <br /> Gives you special treats. <br />Do you know of homeless babes <br /> Living in the streets? <br /> <br />Happy bird, delightful chum, <br /> Have you suffered pain? <br />Do you know the grief of death? <br /> Have you loved in vain? <br /> <br />Do you think of sin and hell, <br /> Sitting on your perch? <br />Is there guilt in someone who <br /> Never goes to church? <br /> <br />Would you like to take my place, <br /> Live as humans do? <br />Sheltered in your gilded cage, <br /> What is life to you? <br /> <br />I have fear, and pain, and doubt, <br /> Living out here, free. <br />But - a cage? I'd rather die! <br /> Give me liberty!<br /><br />Yen Cress<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem..../questions-for-my-ca