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Songbird
I remember the first time someone looked at me
And said words they didn't mean
And you said chanel that
Take every stick and stone
And become a forest
But forests are all alone
And I forgot it
I'm an oak in such decrepit land
Scheming and scrounging for a plan
Much to headstrong to ask for a hand
But plants have wisdom so there never alone
I'm a person not the badlands
With their thoughts and their sands
I wanted to be a river or a spring
Gushing and freely flowing
With pretty poetic ramblings
Before you turned me into this thing
I only exist to write
Fight or flight
Do you only want me so I can sing?
Because now I'm a songbird out of spite
I'm perched atop the trees
Above you
but always you I'm trying to please
A songbird out of spite
Singing till I can't breathe
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This poem was written during a hard time. I was looking at my writing and at my songs with distaste I hated how hard I tried. This poem is a eulogy to the person who taught me to write and sing.