Resilient Bird
From the very start
the odds were stacked
against us.
But you were a thief,
and the way you stole the
air from my lungs
made me ache
for you.
We were soft and we
were younger than we are
now,
scared to love one another
because of the way the
world would stare back at
us.
And so we did it,
fearlessly,
courageously,
and entirely.
You lifted me up and
I laughed at all your jokes,
you made me feel like a
bird,
free to be who I am,
free to love you,
free to love me.
Perhaps we loved each other
far too much,
or perhaps are souls burned
out along the
way,
but we were both so stubborn
and so young,
and we tried,
oh god,
we tried.
But you taught me what
love is,
how it is supposed to
feel,
and for that,
you will always be
a part of me.
Because I love you,
because I always will,
I will never give up on
love,
and despite our downfall,
I will rise
again.