Mourning Doves and Nightingales

by Dion

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Many years ago I knelt to you

and I said "I love you"

You looked at me with dismay

and my heart became a Mourning Dove

 

For when I was little I placed a chain upon my heart 

Each time I parted from another 

I tightened the chain on my heart 

until I thought I was lost forever

 

Once as I watched you sleeping

I whispered softly to you "I love you"

and a song began to grow

of this the love of life long friends

 

The Mourning Dove of my heart is transforming

into the Nightingale of my soul

The chain is falling away and I am free

I do not fear the form love chooses

 

Now I fly to you and kiss the tear on your cheek

and I sing to your laughter

As our voices and the winds call with gentleness and passion

I come to you and we become mourning doves and nightingales

of life unfolding and flying forever

 

 

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{All Dionysos Maskaleris writings copyright or copyright pending}

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