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Gilded Cage

Posted on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by Erin B.
I've wanted to write
but a book would be
the proverbial bird in
gilded cage,
for fear it might disappear
and empty her heart.

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Posted in Poems on WritingTagged bird, book, cage, disappear, empty, fear, gilded, heart, proverbial, wanted, write

Lonely Bird

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 by Erin B.
She was a lonely bird
full of unchanging melancholy.
She felt a terrible appeal
to detach from everything.

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Posted in Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged appeal, bird, detach, everything, felt, lonely, melancholy, terrible, unchanging
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