You Beautiful, Terrible Bird
An Inverse Poem
as the birds do, someday you will fly.
you will soar into that unbearable expanse of sky,
but I believe
you will fall.
and
your brittle bones will strike against hard stones that seemed beneath you,
someday, like wooden matches splintering against their paper box
if you stay, like this, with so much fear of the sun,
and
if you stay, like this, with so much love of the darkness,
I will watch you,
I will study your every detail,
I will draw you in my mind,
and– and– and–
someday, I will wish that I could have saved you.
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Beautiful
Nice! Well written! 😉