Walls once promised safety’s kiss
Shelter marked as quiet bliss
Comfort built from guarded stone
Heart lived small to guard its bone
Longing swelled behind the frame
Flesh remembered wider claim
Freedom hummed like distant sea
Self awoke and asked to be
Cage unlocked not through attack
Only truth that called me back
Boundaries fell like tired leaves
Breath arrived the soul believes
Do not shrink to keep the peace
Life expands through your release
Those who dare to open wide
Find wings resting by their side