Can’t imprison love. “A wild bird.”
A wild bird.
I saw the fear in her eyes.
She told me that “I love you.
I need you.”
But I’m afraid.
Afraid of losing myself in a emotion
where I won’t be able to escape.
A wild bird can’t be captured.
A wild bird may forget the freedom it once had.
But in dreams will fly free and have no walls to lock them in.
I heard her crying at night.
She was swimming in a sweet love
and dreaming of flying away.
Twisting up her dreams and heart.
A wild bird will slowly die.
One day.
The wildness in the eyes of the wild bird will be gone.
She quit talking of life and great dreams.
Her laughter faded away.
Her spirit of life was lost in the gentle breezes.
I try to motivate my love.
I took her to the sea, the mountains and
we took long road trips.
I saw her blue eyes become sadder.
I used to see the blue sky in her eyes.
Now I saw sadness and tears.
I will set my wild bird free.
I will tell her to fly away to her hope and dreams.
I will tell her.
I will wait for you.
Somethings can’t be held down.
Some dreams are so powerful.
They can kill your energy and joy of life.
I couldn’t kill my beautiful lady.
I could not cage her in a love with walls and barriers.
I released her on a sunny day.
I took her to the airport.
I broke my heart.
I found a sort of peace for setting a spirit free to
wander the great world.
I knew when you set a wild bird free.
They would not return.
Coyote
Beautifully sad…
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It was sad. But you can’t cage in a wild spirit. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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So true, setting someone free is the highest love expression in my opinion. Cheers!
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Beautiful! You just gave answers to my questions. Thank you for this 🙂
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This beautiful! Letting go of a love so that she may soar to freedom.
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This is so beautiful. Bittersweet and very endearing – the wild bird. What a beautiful metaphor for a love that cannot last forever.
Also, I wanted to say thank you for following my site. I am perusing your work and it truly is touching and masterful. Kimberly.
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Thank you Kimberly. I appreciate the comment and positive words. I enjoyed your work also. Good to meet you.
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We all afraid of loosing ourselves to emotion in some way we can’t extract ourselves from. Great thoughts John that hit home! Thank you for your words. Blessings, Richard.
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Thank you Richard for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.
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Sad write, beautiful and generous.
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Thank you Heartafire for reading. Old poetry. Less painful with distance and time away.
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lovely writing as always, John.
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Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.
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Agreed, let love be the wilding.
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I like the word “Wilding”.Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.
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You are most welcome
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Yes! This is a great piece! It’s written well and about a very powerful subject. I wrote a similar poem a few months back, Something Wild. Nice, very nice.
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I will come and take a look at your poem. Some people need to have freedom at their will. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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You’re welcome. And yes, some people do need their freedom.
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Wow!
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Thank you Sarah. Some people need no walls and new destinations.
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