If I were a bird, I'd fly away from you. I'd perch on a tree branch, close my eyes, and spread my feathered wings. I'd remember when we sang together, when we flew together, but I'd leave you just the same. My wings wouldn set me free. I'm not a bird though, and I have no wings, but I'll still try to escape. I'll still perch on a ledge, close my eyes, and remember what went wrong. I'll still leave you, the wind will set me free.
Reason for writing:
I wrote this in school, during algebra. I was thinking about how much I wished that I wasn't there in that place, surrounded by those people. The poem is sort of about my best friend and how I'm afraid that bad things will happen and I'll lose him. So I wanted to leave first, to spare myself the pain of loss.
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