Caged Birds

It started as a dream;
Raindrops fell on friends
And friends fell in Love.

Their story was filled with adventure,
with passion,
with colorful conversations,
and then-
Long
Loveless 
Nights. 

And as the bricks fell out of their old cathedral
And as the Angels fell out of love
He journeyed away to find tools to begin the restoration,

While she sat alone,
Crying at the alter.

And when he returned
With Hope and Hammers,
He watched as the stained glass windows,
the colors of their story,
burst into shards 
From the sound of her sobs.

He ran up the church steps
He dropped the hammers at his feet
He pushed open the front door

And he watched her grow wings
Under the statue of their Love. 

She didn’t even look at him
Before flying out the broken window.

Just left a simple hymn
Titled:

”I’ve been Dreaming about caged birds.”