Sparrow

I am not your sparrow

To sing and chirp when you want me to

I do not quiet down when covered

I want to sing and fly

Dance and scream

I want you to love me.

I don't want to shut up,

I want to speak.

And I want you to love me.

Look at me like I’m precious

Hold me when I’m crying

Let me scream my pain into your chest.

Let me suffer alone but hold me,

Love me.

Listen.

Hear the heartbreak in my bones and the savagery in my desperation

Love me.

Let me break down onto your skin

Let my tears seep into your blood

Let my screams burrow into your soul.

And let me die there, letting go of my sorrow.

Let me dissipate into nothingness.

-- BlackFox