Working on Surrender

It is a big deal...

watching your darling -
your beautiful caged darling -
shattering the metal frames,
and taking wing

It is a big deal...

sitting helplessly, watching your
dreams dash with graceful pace -
flying away -
smoothly soaring into arms
that aren't yours

It is a big deal...

choosing to let go -
to let go of that which you
have imprisoned in the red
cell of your heart -
which through desire
imprisoned you
too

your bird - your dreams - your prisoner

smoothly soaring into arms
that aren't yours
but still, you let go
for you know that the arms
it flies into are bigger than yours -

and those same arms
hold you