for the birds.

this beautiful bird,
multi-colored and beautiful,
in my hands,
i set you free.
i release you
into this world.
i regret to inform you
of all of the ugly that exists.
all the same,
fly away from me.
i cannot hold you anymore.
i will miss the songs
you sang.
i will miss your colors.
oh, you make me feel
so young and alive.
please go.
please go.

sometimes you have
to let go
in order to grow.
this is me letting go.
what would the world
be if everyone knew
to say yes?
this is me saying yes.
laying to rest this frivolity.
goodbye and goodnight.


don't tell me where you hide your heart.
beat. beat. beat.
all your thoughts and lies.
oh, the instincts you keep
inside your yellow beak.
spread your wings of red and green.
learn to fly away from me.
i regret to inform you
that i don't know how.
i will follow you some other day.
with gifts of
silver and gold.
calendar it behind your eyes.

the secrets we've kept in
the rustle of your feathers.
however golden, but stained.
abstain if you can help it.
the sun rises and falls,
but i fear it cannot be duplicated.
as such, this is the last of the fall.

i wish i could speak your language,
the language of the birds.
but i must lay to rest this frivolity.
goodbye and goodnight.


we are not the same.