Pity

I grieve as she sings

Her woes of broken wings

That will not fly

Because she won’t

And in sync with the refrain

Rattles the wretched chain

That holds her hostage

I persist to open

And unlock her voice

That must have more to say.

She holds it shut

Having made her choice

Unyielding, as I pray

I try I try I try

To drive her out

I cannot stop

I cannot let go

‘How could you not want more?’

I cry.

She pities from her cage

She pities my freedom

Wasted on her

‘Just like you don’t’

She tells me.

And then there is nothing to pity

Because she won’t she won’t she won’t