The Mind
Captive
From Curtains (1921)
The Mind
My spirit is a captive bird
That beats against its cage all day,
Until its winging strength is whirred
Vainly away.
My spirit learns its impotence
Only when night has blurred its bars.
Wings seem a strange impertinence
Before the stars.
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MLA
Hall, Hazel. “Captive.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hall_h/29/.
Chicago
Hall, Hazel. “Captive.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hall_h/29/.
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