About Up

If a bird couldn’t fly
And it perched
On a fence post
Precariously there
Wondering how to get down
~
If a bird couldn’t fly
Is how I feel
About you
~
If a bird couldn’t fly
And it was stuck there
On that post
Stuck there
With nowhere to go
But down
~
If that bird couldn’t fly
That’s how I feel
About you
~
Nowhere but down
Nowhere else
But down
~
If a bird couldn’t fly
That’s how it would feel
About up
~
And what about up?
What about up scares me
So much?
What about just jumping out
And catching
Up?
~
If a bird could fly
If a bird could fly
If a bird could fly
Off that precarious post
Out and up
Up and up
~
If a bird could fly
It wouldn’t be thinking
About down
~
And if I couldn’t
Love
I wouldn’t be thinking
About up
And I wouldn’t be thinking
About you
~
What about you?
What about you scares me
So much?
What about just jumping out
And catching
You?
~
Don’t you know?
~
You are
my Up
~
And I know that I can love
Because I can’t stop thinking
About
Up

2 Comments

  1. Daniel Hough
    Oct 17, 2011

    I like that.