Dove’s Freedom

 

 Warm and cosy, the dove's nest

Sheltered from endless storms

Chains loosely hanging aside

Shadows cast from rusted irons

 

Beyond the aerie, new worlds

Fear, the ultimate tether, binds

Dove shivers in the cold wind

Distant is the uncertain beacon

 

Raven parked on a wintery branch

Bobbing head spies lonely dove

Stirring dove spreads idle wings

Caw trumpets through dense fog

 

Hearkening, our little angel coos

Crying, she trembles a soft note

Restless, the raven stirs a response

Anxious, she beats a downy breast

 

Raven takes flight, soaring on high

Black and white share the nest

Ebony neb nudges wanting neck

Love is the gift of timeless hope

 

Raven alights, flutters and returns

Beak buried in milky plumage

Coal eyes, a plea for courage

Dove nips at her shackle of angst

 

Alas, her tattered fetter holds fast

A scarlet sun caresses the horizon

Black lover tends his snowy lass

They rest beneath Northern stars

 

Morning snow, a twilight blanket

Raven dusts clean his plumage

Dove murmurs at the rising orb

Preening avian invite the morn

 

Raven lifts toward a yonder barn

Cackling, he brokers her courage

Invisible hobble is wrestled free

Pearly wings brush the heavens