in the bird's cage

The little humming birds

Now in the cage tweeting away

Signaling for the parenting birds

“Here we are in the cage!”

Rain and cold water

The little humming birds hopping out

Into the branches tweeting loudly

They think they are free

They don't think of the stray cats

The cats borrowing the garden to walk through

Any smell of fresh meat the cats will attack

The little humming birds aren't trained to know

They think they can fly

Into the vast empty space in the sky

Only now they aren't yet

Hopping from branch to branch

Now in the bird's cage

For the next few days

Until they are able to fly

They start learning and their safety