It was a truce between us

…an understanding.

one more step and he’d fly away 

and I’d be left with just the image of his beauty.

I could not resist the desire to be closer…

one more step and he raised his great wings

and flew to safer places.

I longed to fly away with him…

then we continued on our paths.

my friend, our trust betrayed,

I only wanted to stand closer.

S. Bell