Words are birds

Write it down to forget about it
Write it down to deal with it
Write it down, clear your mind
Write the right things down.

Write down, for example,
that your life has become
this pretty little cage
that you can't escape from.

Or that in his eyes you found
a piece of the sky
that you missed so much
even though it's probably painted on.

It's OK to write down
that you know the outside is cold
there's strong winds and no food
and the cage is not a cage
but just a pretty little house
but you're too tired to see
that it does have windows
and also a door.

Write it down to understand
Write it down so you can be
honest with yourself
that you rather climb halfway
out of the window
and enjoy the sky that way
than actually going out.

Write down, calm down
it's all going to be fine
you may even have found
other birds with colors
matching your own.

Write about him, too
if you really want to
write to him as well
Him, him and the other him
but the only one that matters
will understand you
even if you were never ever
would write anything down again.