Satisfied,
the raven sings in its cage
for it does not know that it is in a cage.
The raven is ignorant
unenlightened
and nothing of the outside world
may permeate his bubble of unknowing.
If one were to ask the raven,
"Does not the morning sky
call you out to swoop and fly?"
he would cock his head and stare
in that questioning way when one
does not know the answer
but does not wish to make their ignorance known
for one does not miss what one has never seen.
One day one of these questioners
in a quest
a holy quest, a noble quest
to free the caged bird
opens the latch, the keeper of the raven,
and smiles, feeling satisfied.
The raven, the poor raven,
does not know what has happened,
and wishes at once for safety
from this dangerous unknown.
Yet there is no returning for
the cage has been opened.
The bird flies away
into the wild
into fear
and is consumed by it.
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