The CAGED EAGLE Inspiration for the Journey, A short story series Triumphant victory overcoming life's suffering, injustice and loss. Entrance into the new decade has been a series of solemn plateaux, encompassing deserts of confusion, and valleys of heartbreak, and loss...Yet, dichotomously of introspection, redirection as well as reconnection to what matters most in this life, God and oneself and family and friends. Excerpt of Foreword by Author The CAGED EAGLE is a message of hope and inspiration for everyone who has experienced the harmful impact of social injustice, unexpected suffering and loss. This short-story is based upon true events of an American family growing up in an era when the "Land of the Free" was crying out for Freedom. Its storyline paints a portrait of allegorical prose interplaying the life of the family's eldest son and the long-term effects of racial and social injustices with the anomaly of an Eagle the son later witnessed being kept in an open cage. The author presents a message of ultimate victory through biblical references enabling every sufferer to triumph in every aspect of life including death through the power of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in eternal life.