Bird

Billie Marten

She’s underwater again
Somebody’s daughter, a friend
In the night in the dark in the cold
As she walks far away

Nobody’s watching
Drowning in words so sweet
Mild is the water
Caught as a bird once free

I don’t mind

Hope is a distance unreached
Ink on her skin incomplete
And the faint sound of friends
As she neared to the end she had peace

Nobody’s watching
Drowning in words so sweet
Mild is the water
Caught as a bird once free

I don’t mind
I don’t mind

Where does her start go from here
Lost in the grip

Nobody’s watching
Drowning in words so sweet
Mild is the water
Caught as a bird once free

I don’t mind
I don’t mind
I don’t mind
I don’t mind