Love on the Wing

Beneath the moon 

in a quiet garden space 

silver light rests 

softly on each place  

 

 

A black cat waits 

with eyes that never stray 

watching a bird 

who lifts and flies away  

 

 

His fur absorbs the depth 

of endless night 

his gaze is fixed 

upon her fleeting flight  

 

 

She cuts the sky 

with wings both strong and free 

and takes his heart 

where it can never be  

 

 

Her song drifts down 

like something almost true 

a sound that makes his longing 

feel brand new  

 

 

He knows her world 

is air and open sky 

while his is earth 

where shadows slowly lie  

 

 

She was not meant to land 

or stay too long 

he was not built 

to join her song  

 

 

 

So, in that garden 

still beneath the moon 

he loves a dream 

That vanished far too soon. 

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