March 5, 2010

paper cranes.

hang me in a tree dear, i'd like to feel the wind.
but i cannot wait forever, don't take to long.
you said you were going to put a lasso around the sun and pull it down.
replace it with the glowing moon and kiss her gently beneath it.
but i cannot hang under the moon, for the wind does not blow at night.

that is the time where life is still,
and movement is few.
i wont be able to watch the people passing by me,
because they will be asleep under a ceiling of stars.

i know you wont admit this,
but i am just another paper crane.
sitting among the pile of previously folded friends.

we sit on your dresser,
and i see you hang notes for her in trees so strong,
on branches so thick,
beneath the sun.

won't you hang me, dear?
punch a small hole through my neck,
and pull through a strand of your thinnest string.
tie it next to your love notes to her.
double knot it, so i won't fly away.

but no worries, because if i do,
if i do so graciously fly free from your thread,
you will find me returning to you.

but before i do so,
i will land on her shoulder.
kiss her cheek,
beneath the moon.