I am not going to go
from this place

Get carried away like the wind
and leave you

I will stay and notice
how you sit alone on your branch
how your wings gleam grey
how your purples find their way
just when the light hits right
for me to see

I am not going to go
from this place
Get carried away like the wind
and leave you

I will stay and notice
how the warm breeze brings ripples

cold springs across my face

How I can swim in the air

- Erin Frankel