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The Same Nest

I miss you;

Mother, father.

 

Although we sleep in the same nest,

eat from one tree,

chitter on that thick branch that blooms with green leaves,

I still miss you.

 

On the same grass we walk;

your feet on cloudy grass,

mine exiled from the skies and stars.

Under the graceful moonlight we rest;

your moon so beautiful, as if ocean polished it,

mine never whole, as if sick of the feathers I wore.

 

You build the nest for me.

It's so strange; I breathe the same air as you

but couldn't fly to the greenish clouds you walk upon,

never smelled the moon that leaks the innocent perfume.

 

God, I tried, I tried to hold your hands,

but maybe I was a lazy coward terrified of staining your hands,

or perhaps I was never allowed to hide beneath your shadows.

You are king and queen,

I, a servant beside you

and I still miss you.

 

Where are you?

 

I love you both.

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