DARBNATION

2025-09-09

Poem: Love is a Cage With a Key

Stuck together. Forever free.

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Love is a cage with a key
Stuck together. Forever free

Love is pain when one's away
When two hearts separate

Love is learning how to fight
Makin' up with a neck bite

Love is fireworks and confetti
We blow up but float down steadily

Love is when body's meet
When heads won't, but hearts beat ... together

Love is when the kids were seven
Making the radio go to eleven

Love is a lotta strange sounds
Makes 'em feel safe and bound ... together

Love is music, casting spells
Cast 'em right on ourselves

Love is a cage with a key
Stuck together. Forever free


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