Unspoken laments

From the golden cage watches the bird

The trees swaying, a forbidden world.

The infinite sky meets his eyes
Silently, freedom cries.

A mother ignores her crying child
Food for her, alas, she cannot buy
Cradling her daughter, on the floor she lies
Silently, her spirit cries.

A little boy watches the blood and gore,
The grim and unspeakable consequences of war.
The cruel little world he starts to despise 
Silently, his innocence dies.