Scarred

Broken-winged bird,
song of misery and sorrow
heard at the rise of dawn.
Victim to the cruelty
and mischief
of mankind.
Pained deep,
through her soul,
as her reason for being
had been destroyed.
Longing for flight and migration,
yearning for a fresh start,
handicapped by those
who have wronged her
in seasons past.