BIRD OF PARADISE
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Dusty stars
On velvet black
I wish they wouldn’t call
They’re winking but they’ve already gone
The beckoning branches
All is possible
My darling don’t you fall
There’s nothing more beautiful beyond
This garden
These four walls
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And if I got it
What I wanted
In the thin, gilded lines
Let the white smoke
Curl around us
You and I
Locked inside
A bird of paradise
Came to rest upon my finger
When I saw your face
For the first time
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You’re in my arms - keep lying there
I hate to see you go
I know that I need too much control
I get so frightened by
Liminal lines
You stand at the threshold
If you walk out
You may never return
The centre of my world
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If I got it
What I wanted
In the thin, gilded lines
Let the white smoke
Curl around us
When you sleep
You don’t cry
My bird of paradise
Acquiescent in the corner
Don’t leave me
I need you by my side
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The petals of a pouting rose
Can woo a honey bee
But not if they lay beneath my feet
I picture you shimmering
Above the trees
Rose coloured memories
Are circling like a hurricane
As you’re flying away
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