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No Way Out
There’s no way out.
I’m captured in an old birdcage,
And I can’t break free.
I tried to think of a possibility,
But there was no way out.
Nothing to think about,
I sat in the old birdcage,
While I listened to the unwise man
Playing his little tune, repeatedly.
I watched the snowfall beside the window.
I listened to the clock tick, tock, and talk.
I said nothing to it. There was no way out.
Nothing to talk about,
I looked at the unwise man,
Playing his little tune, repeatedly.
As I listened, I watched.
The snow fell beside the window.
The clock tick, tock, and talked away.
I listened and listened.
Nothing to bare about.
No way out.
“I may be mistakin’” The unwise man said,
Playing his little tune, repeatedly.
“I forgot what I was makin’.
But tell me. What is your name?”
“My name is Vivi,” I replied quietly.
“Why, Vivi,” he repeated my name.
“How remarkable! All is same. All is same…”
I looked away,
Pretending the unwise man was done talking.
Then he said,
“My name is Rufus.
Nice to meet you.”
He reached out with one crooked hand,
To shake mine,
While he was still playing high notes on the piano.
I didn’t want to, but I shook his crooked hand.
I quickly pulled it back and the unwise man laughed.
“Don’t hesitate, my dear little Vivi,” he said.
“Just open up and be happy. Not afraid.”
“Well, how can I be happy if I’m stuck in this old birdcage?”
I demanded.
“Well, if I just let you go, you just might run away.”
The unwise man pointed out.
I didn’t reply.
“Now that we know each other,
I might get to trust you a little bit more, by and by.”
We didn’t say anything after that.
There was no way out.
I am captured in an old birdcage.
The unwise man played his little tune, repeatedly.
I watched the snowfall beside the window.
I listened to the clock tick, tock, and talk.
I sat in the old birdcage.
Nothing to think about,
Nothing to talk about,
Nothing to bare about,
No way out.
I tried to think of a possibility,
But there was nothing.
Nothing at all,
No way out. No way out…
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