She told you not to fall in love.
She warned you it was a mistake.
You felt her feathers and polished her cage.
Watched her fall
fall
fall into the dusty seed.
Day after day you watched yourself age
And wondered why she wouldn’t sing.
You counted your breaths and the beatings of your wings.
You opened her cage and stared into her eyes.
Why would you do that? She asked.
I warned you.