fly away

(in anticipation of a moment that is sure to come)

The sky came

falling on our heads.

My heart

was in your hands

While yours

was in my teeth.

You couldn’t hold me up

&

What more could I have said?

No umbrella

would shelter us from this

if a kiss

could make us crumble.

Freedom was a bird

& she wept

When she left us here

To drown in her rain.

In all my selfish pain

I still knew…

That you, were always

More than us.

So I stitched

my heart

Back onto my sleeve

When you needed

your hands

To fly away.