Double drabble, or something. This is really general but I was thinking of Levi and Petra... Oh, and perhaps I was inspired by a song you are never likely to hear.
I disclaim.
We may carry wings on our backs, but the wings hardly carry us. (Everyone gets it wrong, but we know.)
There are no wings of freedom; we cannot fly, not yet (but you can, already).
A bird fleeing to the open sky in a flurry of feathers; that is us; we are its wings. (The wings of mankind, of humanity, of delusional fools; you choose).
A bird fleeing its predator; we carry it away (and you are the feathers that scatter upon the wind; see? you can fly).
And even that is not true.
It's always in bright sunlight; yet it is never bright enough to burn away the sight of your accusatory face (I know you don't. I accuse myself).
(I know. But I will live with that. I want to.)
You no longer need these useless wings; you have your own now. I still need them, however. You don't mind, do you?
Yes, I know you're not here. I hope you're not. There's nothing holding you down here anymore. You're flying. Fly!
Don't you know?
This is the last thing left for us to believe in:
Those who live shall be free.
Those who die are already free.
