Two Free

What happens when you love but cannot be bound by it?

A tale I tell
But I tell no tales
A real story this
Not one for sales

A sparrow once flew out the nest
Growing wings so strong
Soaring up, flying far along
Promising love, only the best

Another flew out, another nest
Yearning, hoping, and singing along
In dark nights her morning song
A willing heart in her chest

Away they met, far away from home
Together they sang some lovely tunes
Loving each other for twenty moons
Streaming clouds with honey poems

Flying together side by side
Stagnant they could never be
Even an embrace'd a net be
Bound by love, and yet free

And one day, one day they parted
Flying kisses, flying departed
Loving still, still loving unending
No promises, promises remembering.

Away they went, away in space
Hearts still loving, divine embrace
Knowing the freedom each other retained
Peace it gave them, a peace regained

Only now sometimes she sees
A he and she with a family
Flying back in, into their nest
Thats when free love comes to test

Thats when longing comes in play
Thats when he feels so far away
All that love it feels in vain
A life of love, a life of pain?

And he feels, he feels the same
The mind still free, too free to frame
Wonders what it would have been
Had they let embraces in.