Love Story

I just want to live this love story

for as long as the pages linger –

Red on white, ink and paper,

blood and feathers in the wringer.

For I have crushed my wings

and silenced my voice --

This love to earn, that love to keep …

I have remained where I did not flourish,

where I knew I could not bloom,

this love to earn, that love to keep.

I just want to live this love story

for as long as the pages linger –

And we laugh along this path we’re on,

the thinker, the doer, and I, the singer.

Where once there were only ashes,

song now fills my mouth –

No love to win, no love to keep.

No wet wool now cloaks my wings,

and tiny buds appear –

No love to win, no love to keep.

I just want to live this love story

for as long as the pages linger –

Soak in every sunrise and run

time like sand through my fingers.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

another day I pray to live –

For I’ve found love is what we give

and is not mine to keep.

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