Like The Birds

what if i don’t want to commit to someone

for the rest of my life?

what if i only want to promise

to love someone

as long as i love them?

why do we have to work

so hard

at loving someone 

or staying in love?

if love has already left

why can’t we also have the choice

the freedom

to leave

and find love again?

i don’t know if i want my next love

to be my last love

i want all the experiences

i want to love many

and to be loved by many

i want the rough sex

and the soft sex

and the in love sex

then the hate sex

i want the forevers

and the first times

the long looks

and the deep sighs

i want freedom

like the birds

i want motion 

like the waves

and then some

maybe i can achieve

a sort of in between

and save myself

from far-fetched dreams

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Cover photo by Bernadetta Watts