waiting freedom

at day's end

what was abandoned

in struggle 

was tucked in stacks of business cards

clutched tightly

I can't remember how

it wasn't lost

a tangled 

badge 

symbolizing: 

love / freedom

flight / light 

this bird: 

purchased with his cash

and worn  

in regalia 

to encourage the rising

broken

as dark minutes terrorized

wolf archetype

attributing details 

to play slow

in foggy denotation

a necklace

worn backwards 

to not show it's color 

like my hope / green

like my strength / yellow

like my pride / black

always dialing back the brilliance

  

motif is surely easily fixed

repair shouldn't be costly

but oh how it costs

So I keep it here

waiting to be ready

for conclusion

will this bird 

set to flight? 

or cast off?

either way 

freedom is waiting