My Canary

There is a little yellow bird

That I have 

And she 

Was created in my lab 

She flies around my house

And follows me to work

But she is just

A bookmark in the turning pages of time

Just a whim in the lab

She is an experiment come to life

And I am now

Embarrassed of her

Even 

Ashamed 

This little yellow bird

Became a burden 

So I hid her away

Locked her up in my room

I put her in a cage 

And leave her alone to play with the shadows on my walls

Every once in awhile

I’ll shine a light on her

And say hi

And give her some treats

And she seems happy to see me

. . .

I wish there was a way 

    For me to trick her

 Into thinking that she has

         Freedom.

CH 12/23/23