with the pride of an eagle i exaggerate my wingspan i do not fly i soar but im no bird of prey im simply here to play and explore i am the sparrow and its buried in the deepest part of my being my core i sail over the cities and towns over the hills and the fields taking in the sense of wonderment that it yields the thing that nobody knows is that id give all of my feathers to be one of the men to simply be living amongst the ground dwellers so i sail over the cities over the shops and the stores watching transactions between consumers and entrepreneurs listening to one sided conversations on cellphones wishing i was on the other end instead of flying alone but still im flying alone they would never embrace me sometimes i just wish one of em would just catch me and cage me they think that its so great to be as free as a bird but if it doesn t come with love freedom s the ugliest word and i ve seen love i know its something that they possess when i follow them from the city to the suburban nest i see that mommys cooking dinner and daddys paying the bills too busy to ever notice the little bird on the window sill i tuck my beak into my chest and turn around to fly away thats precisely when i heard a little boys voice say little bird little bird sitting on the window sill everythings gonna be fine if you just sit completely still so still i sat frozen i wouldn t risk taking a breath id be content to stare in his eyes until i starve to death he noticed me so this is what its like to feel free hes looking into my eyes so this is what its like to fly he smiles at me so this is what its like to feel loved unflinchingly i smiled back and thats when everything went black wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw wish you saw wish i was wish you saw what i saw1