she dreams of
flying,
a dove with broken wings,
she tightens the
rope
dreaming of falling
you walk in
she needs you to save
her
she needs you like carbon monoxide
she needs you to see
her
you, blind, loosen the rope
you protect her
you protect
her like a padded white room
she needs you.
she needs
everything.
everything she needs is gone.
just out of reach or
oceans away
doesn't matter, really.
she aches
you help her
you help her to be like rain-
seemingly beautiful, but only
washing away
left in ruins until nothing
remains.
pleading.
dreaming of falling.
you fix her
you
fix her with tools,
a sledgehammer
you shatter her heart.
and
you tighten the screws
to her screwed up mind
and she tightens
the rope
stretching her wings
her wings, healed, if not her
heart
and she flies.