dont think of me

Your armored heart hardens with each hard winter

huddled beneath a willow, weeping

the last green leaf of an autumn tree

shivers before falling free

how could I keep you?

The world wouldn't get to meet you

It would be like denying them the sunshine

Be free

please

laugh easily

but don't think of me

only hold us in your heart

like some broken piece of art

A piece too perfect to exist because framing the nameless tames it and to cage an angel maims it

Be free

please

laugh easily

but don't think of me