“Do you remember when we were two beautiful birds,
We would light up the sky when we'd fly,
You were orange and red like the sun when it sets”

I found out about what had happened from my sister
And I watched the sky fall asleep
I watched the sun go to sleep
And only the thoughts in my head
Dared to combat reality.

“You were silver and blue like the moon when it's new”

I thought about you all night,
I stared into the oval glow far away.
Unsure of where you were.

“One day you asked for a different song,
One that I just couldn't sing,
I got the melody sharp and the words all wrong”

To think about life without you-
For you to not be a part of my vocabulary
Or within my grasp.
That-
That possibility bleaches my brain of any thought
And there I am-
Alone-
Without words to say it out loud,
Because if I did
That would make it real.

“To build a nest we pecked feathers from our chests,
Like a book tearing out every page,
We weren't to know that these feathers would grow,
Into a beautiful cage”

You never called,
But we never left your side-
Who knew that a single wave goodbye
To a moving truck could be so
Final?
And now-
You are that Beautiful Bird-
The light in the starless sky.