White Feathers

i can't remember when it was 
the first time that I ever stepped into 
that white room flooded with sunlight 
those faintly glowing veils flowing with the wind 

that crimson hair's fragrance was suffocating 
as I hold him for the last time 
the truth that was tinted a lovely red 
almost as lovely as those torn feathers.. . 

the sound of flapping wings filled 
my ears with every movement 
and my footsteps etched a silent map 
across the darkening floor 

with a soft, graceful arc 
a figure covered its eyes, yet i could still 
feel it staring deep into my words 
"please hold this bird as if it were your own fragile child" 

the figure, placid and flickering, turned its eyes 
to the window, and whispered to me 
"if i am to hold your image within my hands, 
then you must realize that you will never come to know it ever again" 

the beauty of that voice caressed his ears 
in ways that only a melody could 
and as i looked towards the ceiling, 
i saw that it had become the sky 

feathers, white like crystal, fell all around me 
and the clouds seemed to drip with tears of blood 
as each droplet stained the soft plumage that now covered the floor 
i held the shivering bird in my outstretched hands 

the serene figure took it from me 
and my palms felt warm with sunlight 
i gazed at the sky once again, and the moon shone in hues of silver 
a soft blue glow surrounded the figure, and he wept 

"why do you cry" i asked him
"because you will never understand what is about to happen" 
the bird fell from his hands onto the floor 
and he disappeared soundlessly 

i knelt near the fallen creature, and stroked its feathers 
with my blood-stained hands 
"please tell me the way to the sky" i whispered 
i spread out my wings and flew away... 

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