https://sakshimaurya.me/tags/%23fleshtrade-%23caged-%23freedom-%23trafficking-%23poetry/ Recent content in #Fleshtrade #Caged #Freedom #Trafficking #Poetry on Nascence Hugo en-us Sun, 13 Dec 2020 11:04:05 +0530 https://sakshimaurya.me/posts/2020-12-13-red-light/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 11:04:05 +0530 https://sakshimaurya.me/posts/2020-12-13-red-light/ <p>Glistening eyes and fragile hands<br> She was chirpy like a little bird<br> Giggles echoed around<br> Across the street, as she swirled</p> <p>Until darkness clouded her eyes<br> And hunters found their prey<br> In a blink of an eye<br> Was her home snatched away</p> <p>Woke up to another world<br> In a small cage, the little bird<br> Stranger eyes and deafening noise<br> Fluorescent walls and red lights</p> <p>Sing to them day and night<br> For that’s what they do<br> If they don’t want to die.<br> Sing to them, forget how to fly<br> There’s no key to this cage<br> You will never see the blue sky.</p>