Love Poem: A Bird's Journey
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Written by: Emily Young

A Bird's Journey

Picture love like a bird 
An elegant, colorful bird  
That starts by flapping it's wings 
Ever so slightly 
And it leaps off of a branch where it was perched 
Waiting for the right moment 
To take a chance 
This chance, specifically 
Called love 

The bird flies smoothly through the air 
The wind carrying it's small, fragile body like a child 
Carrying her doll around 
An additional limb to her arm 

The wind stops suddenly 
And the bird loses it's balance 
It plummets to the cold, unforgiving rocky terrain below 
Where a time period filled with solely obscurity awaits 
The only thing the bird feels in the darkness
Is the rain pouring down from it's eyes 

The bird perseveres 
It struggles against all odds 
It deflects every bullet and comet that attempts to puncture it's heart 
It battles every ruthless word that tries to shatter it's soul 
It defeats every cruel thing that comes its way 

The bird regains feelings in it's wings 
It's elegant, colorful wings 
It leaps out of the shadows, into the light 
And soars higher than the sun, moon, and every star