2011.016: Trapped But Free

Freedom, a photo by pakmingw on Flickr.

Whilst in Romania, my hosts talked to the caretakers of an old German church in a tiny village.  They offered to take us up the clock tower to have a look.  The steps were small and steep, and there was a heavy smell of ammonia from the birds that had roosted in there (despite the best efforts of the caretaker of keeping them out). Near the top of the tower was a fenced window where the birds could be seen circling the tower.  They kept circling the tower, riding the wind that was blowing relatively hard that day.  They were free to go anywhere, but they were bound by something to this church. It was if they were trapped, but free.