What the Birds Don't Know

Countless millennia ago The fowls reigned over the clouds Mere slaves of their instincts Still lesser breeds are bound to dry ground Then came mankind and sought to reign Conquer the skies and whole new lands Earning the crown of freedom On heaps of sand All too soon, he started heading to the stars And he brought with him all creatures from afar He was the one, free from all bounds Yet he found his freedom shatter aloud He said to himself: This ought to stop This can't go well Then came mankind and sought to reign Conquer the skies and whole new lands Earning the crown of freedom On heaps of sand All too soon, he started heading to the stars And he brought with him all creatures from afar Instead of crossing the stars He resumed crossing his means A procedure undoubtedly harsh Thus abandoned the stars, abandoned the skies And while at it, abandoned everything he used to be All too soon, he started heading to the stars And he brought with him all creatures from afar With both feet tied to old soil Unfit to fill his needs, to make him grow He sent up one last gaze to the sun And saw a bird that held his old crown