a small salvation

the peadove in the cage with healing wing

is fed and watered given proper care

but other birds have better cause to sing

 

in open freedom far beyond the ring

of human fences when we who now spare

the peadove in the cage with healing wing

 

have made the choice to take away the sting

of what was cruel in this whole affair

but other birds have better cause to sing

 

about the matters that our causes bring

and so their voices carry on the air

while peadove in the cage with healing wing

 

must be imprisoned though fed like a king

lacking all liberty and full of fear

but other birds have better cause to sing

 

upon the day we choose this bird to spring

out of its lodge and back into the the air

the peadove in the cage with healing wing

but other birds have better cause to sing