please don't fly away.

you're like a dove,

unfair to keep caged.

your beauty kept hidden

might as well be aged.

you're like a dove,

i hold in my hands

tenderly, i wait,

they wouldn't understand.

they say "if you love them..."

but i can't let you go.

you're like a dove,

your eyes so pure,

they lure me to you

i'm the disease, you're the cure.

be my dove,

but don't fly away.

caged.

so close to freedom

yet impossibly far

i reach out to you

caged by these bars.

your beauty should shine

but its hidden from me

all locked up,

and i can't find the key.

i'm scrambling to find it

amongst all the cluttter

but all i have found

is a lazy old nutter.

i'll never stop peering

through the bars on your face

because even a glimpse

is an amazing grace.