Ben Paynter - trapped

I tried to
fly an albatross
on a string
cage a lion
between three
words

you told me
“I’ll never be a
live to love kind of
girl” and that’s the
kind of girl you
were,

I never wanted to
clip your
wings.

and it only made me
love you
more.

Ben Paynter

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/trapped-49/