you relinquished your chains.
i didn't realize the alloy
turned your wrists green
and soured the feeling.
i didn't realize you viewed them
as shackles, and not the comfort
endowed to you when i vowed
to protect you just two months ago.
i don't blame you.
no, i can't. delicate birds
don't like the clanking of cages,
no matter how intricate
the bars are constructed, and
how beautiful
the permanence
of a lock is
Aug 26, 2019
Aug 26, 2019 at 10:24 AM UTC
you relinquished your chains.
i didn't realize the alloy
turned your wrists green
and soured the feeling.
i didn't realize you viewed them
as shackles, and not the comfort
endowed to you when i vowed
to protect you just two months ago.
i don't blame you.
no, i can't. delicate birds
don't like the clanking of cages,
no matter how intricate
the bars are constructed, and
how beautiful
the permanence
of a lock is
yes, these words can stop here
(you take the life out of me every time you speak)
