The Caged Bird

jay-z said if you let a caged bird free
and it comes back then you know it's there to stay
so that what i did opening the cage
now i sit here under the sycamore tree
waiting and watching for my phoenix
to rise again from the ashes and come home
but she waits and stops
watching in the dark
fighting her heart
battling demons i can never kill
i sit and smile in wait
hoping she is doing the right thing
will she come back one day
only time can tell
but a promised was made and
a date never set
i wouldnt be mad if my bird never loved me
never wanted to be back in her cage
i hear her say it might take a while
and know its just another test that i hate
starving me out of the love i crave
wanting to see me desperate for air
im think im going insane
writing has got my imagination getting the best of me
i sit and i wait the one virtue
ive honed and worked on over the years
i can be patient for i have seen this before
a long time ago in a past life for sure
when i let the bird go and went on the hunt
it came back but was never the same
so now i sit and i wait
just now i've learned a lesson
let the bird return to you and
don't trap it back in it's cage
so now i sit and i wait
looking to the horizon for that bird
entertaining myself with thoughts
of her hunting me now
will she find where my sycamore tree lies
with no phone will the bird take the extra steps to
come back to me or will she give up
and find a new hand to sing too
giving a lame excuse or just the lack of effort towards me
I sit and i wait with no hatred in my heart
for i touched my beautiful bird once before she flew away
i told her i loved her before that fateful day
i said more to my bird then others
get a chance too in their whole lives
and if the year comes that my promise
reaches its expiration day then i will
have no worries or ill will
for i did all i could
and kept my word
yet i sit and i wait for the caged bird
wondering if my phoenix is fighting demons more then before
i sit and i wait for the caged bird
to see if she will find me under the sycamore tree