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CAGE BIRDS
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CAGE BIRDS

They run away from their home, their home a safe place. A place they have adored since they were young. They leave because it’s not safe anymore, because they cannot feed their families, because they have lost hope in the land they once cherished. It hurts them to leave but what can they do, they have two option. First they can stop fleeing and die by the bullets. Secondly by hunger and starvation and torture.

Yes this is the story of the cage birds. They all have different stories to tell. They travel from far away lands seeking that elusive dream. A dream of better life. A life of dignity filled with respect. But wait a minute, dreams can be a façade. Like the birds in the cage, it was once free; it could do whatever it wanted. ‘Hmm, it dreamt of traveling around the world in search of a paradise……a paradise it hoped is filled with milk, butter and bread. “Oh, no it stopped on the way whiles pursuing it dreams.



Captured just half way through it journey, ‘oh, what an irony…..It felt pains all over, It joints hurt and wings had died out on it….The dream is fast becoming an illusion…each passing day as it spends it time in the lonely cage. No it can’t give up now, very soon it will be free…..days gone by, there is no sign of freedom, frustration begins to set in, the food taste sour now, the water is no more fresh and this metal fence which prevent it from freedom begins to stifle it. ‘Oh’, the stress will kill it. How it longed to be free again. The days back in the forest, there was plenty to eat, fresh fruits and water to drink…………It could fly miles and admire the beautiful green forest…there was no metal fences…..The forest was a birds paradise. But then it all began to disappear….The trees were no greener, the water was no more like the paradise we used to take our flights in. What is happening? ‘Oh, no the forest has become bare….and where are the animals? This strangers why are they fighting over food, why is there chaos in the forest….I must save the situation….I must go in search of a new paradise. But how? Yes I know…I will fly away like the other birds which used to visit this forest a long time ago.



But now here I am clipped by my wings, unable to fly. As if that isn’t enough, here is this metal fence with barb wires, watched on by the almighty eagle…Back home, there is great hope, I have found the paradise everyone is waiting on for..



A paradise that is intended to bring joy to the many sufferings. There is great confusion among them…..some say I have been captured, others think I made it. With so much expectation back home, I cannot give up now, it’s humiliating. What will they think of me a hero or a journey bird……This strangers, why are they still keeping me here, are they not witnesses to my plight and the folks back home. Yes, they do but why should they care. I can’t continue any longer, the dream has to come to an end……..but who will take my letter back to them…..a letter filled with messages of sorrow and pain. It’s a shame it has to come to an end like this…..with me in a cage. It’s the irony of a dream.



This article is dedicated to the thousands of illegal Immigrants held in detention centres around the world.

By Rashid Zuberu

(shahiddisu@ yahoo.com)

July 30, 2008 | 6:33 AM Comments  0 comments

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