Drift on the Wire

Here in the garden…

Two birds on a wire…

Both of us frozen in time, pretending we’re fine…

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Here in the garden,

We played our games,

You told me how to smile

Then you drifted away.

You said, “Don’t move, stay still,”

And I did what you asked—

Thought if I stayed right here

Then maybe we’d last.

But you kept turning pages

For people who never cared,

I stood under endless skies

Wondering if you’d ever come back there.

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Two birds on a wire,

One tries to fly away—

You said you wanted to,

But you stayed another day.

I believed it all,

Every word you never meant.

I held tight to your hand

Even as the feathers bent.

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Happily listening,

Happily waiting,

Happily watching you drift away…

Two birds in the silence,

One breaks, one stays—

And I’m still here

On the wire

As you fade.

Drift… drift… drift away.

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Night after night,

I rewrote the truth,

Pretending the echo

Was still really you.

And then came the story

Of how it all ends—

You don’t exist now,

Survived by a son

And your brand-new friends.

Isn’t that lovely?

Isn’t it cruel?

Isn’t it funny

How I stayed the fool?

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Two birds of a feather

Promise forever—

But one won’t let go of that wire,

No, never.

You said you would fly,

But you lied through your smile,

I waited for years

While you were gone all the while.

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Happily listening,

Happily staying,

Happily watching you drift away…

Two birds in the grey sky,

One wants escape,

One breaks his wings

Just trying to stay.

Drift… drift… drift away.

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And I keep counting seconds

On a timeline you erased.

I keep holding to a memory

That time refused to save.

You keep floating further,

Like a ghost I can’t replace—

And I’m stuck on the wire

Like the last bird

Trying not to break.

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I’ll believe it all,

Every lie, every promise,

Every “I’ll come back someday.”

I won’t let go,

Even though

Everyone else

Already walked away.

Two birds on a wire,

One tries to fly away—

And I watch you go,

Even though

You never

Ever

Stay.

Happily listening…

Happily stayed…

Happily watching you drift—

Drift—

Drift away…

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Here in the garden…

Under the endless sky…

I’m still the bird on the wire

Waiting for someone

Who already said goodbye.