Why Silence the Singing Bird?

I know they won’t approve of you

I know they’ll tell me it’s wrong

I know they’ll force me back into Heaven

A place where I don’t belong

I know they’ll try to drown our fire

But that would take the entire sea

I know they’ll try to rip us apart

As though they’re saving me

But the truth is that both of us are ill

A madness that no one could tame

They’ll stomp on the ember and consume its ash

Not knowing from where it came

It came from us; deep within our bones

Skin hot to the touch

We relish the warmth while burning the village

We are simply too much

I would not object if they sent us away

To a world we were built to bear

Where the grass giggles and the trees don’t scream

I cannot breathe this air

We cannot tell them of our love

We cannot say a word

The slightest whisper could ravage our world

Trust not the singing bird

Perhaps someday things will be different

Maybe they’ll welcome the dove

Perhaps someday the world will accept us

Someday, we’ll be allowed to love

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