You are so perfect <br />You seduce me. <br />You are my Venus of the Mind <br />I breathe you in <br />And breathe you out all day. <br /> <br />You are my bird, <br />My Wild Canary. <br /> <br />And yet you are not my bird <br />For you are free. <br />Free to come and go as you please <br />Bound to no one. <br /> <br />But you have entered my mind, <br />And I have trapped you there <br />To remain forever. <br />A memory above all memories <br /> <br />If you leave me, <br />I won’t die. <br />Because I have You <br />In my memory.<br /><br />Fred Babbin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/m-5/