Seabird

Alex Alemany

I gaze outside the window at the shore

I watch the water kiss the dock below

The language of the swells tells me there's more

than you or I could ever hope to know

A seabird hovers just within my reach

She seems to understand my restless need

These bars of your cold cage I long to breach

Your unrelenting claims I cannot heed

I'd offer you my heart to keep the peace

but you've no love for sentimental things

Your endless expectations never cease

You want me as your trophy, without wings

You say you love me but it is not so

It never will be, so now I must go.

submitted for Photo Prompt #7, "The Dove" at mindlovemisery's menagerie