I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Something inside is changing,
Rearranging and engaging
Within me a gleam of
light

Creep into bowels and crawl
Contorting my rise to a fall
While I'm trapped; locked up
tight

Should judgment entertain
And faint hand refrain
The caged bird sings
despite

And though my times quite caught
In self-restraining thought
It needs to be known that
I tried

Through every milestone I stayed
Dedicated yet frayed
Despite my chances for
flight