• What happens to a bird who can no longer fly
    no longer allowed to soar in the sky

    what happens to a flower pulled from the ground
    squashed between two books with a pound

    what happens to a singer without her voice
    who sang in church and lived for the boys

    what happens to a child without a mother
    who looks for nurture from one person to another

    What happens to a lover that longs for her man
    who hates her love and doesn't understand