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brrgilbert
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PIGEON TESTS NEVER FAIL
Alas, a pigeon is set free;
"A Pigeon Test;" allowed to flee!
Perchance to return to your "nest?"
Upon the "Trainer's" arm, give "rest?"
Be it known that not all "fly back,"
Tethers loosened; no more to track!
Hopefully, of "love," their "test" is made
And in "real" liberty, they are bade.
Return or not, they are given way
To venture forth or even "stray."
In returning, they're made "yours,"
Complying with "wishes;" given chores.
If they leave, they are their "own,"
Freedom's desire within them sown.
'Tis certain they go to find a home;
A peaceful repose, no more to roam.
Joy need "remain" in the "Trainer's" heart
For having played the "Student's" part!
Learned are lessons between "love" and "passion,"
For one is "possessive" after a fashion.
Only "Stool Pigeons" shoulder a blame,
Having deserted "passion's" burnt flame.
"Carrier Pigeons," a message to retain,
Deliver to "others," and all is in gain.
But by viewing majestic wings being "spread,"
Do NOT contemplate the loneliness bred!
"Real" love of another, does not "own,"
For in the joy of the other, fulfillment is prone.
*"If you love someone, set them free!"
'Tis a "TEST" to determine what is to be.
*"If they come back, then they are yours,"
If not, to repose on more blissful shores.
(* Originated by Richard Bach, Author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull")
What ever the case, let your "love" abound
Because there is "joy" in what they have found.
There IS fulfillment in playing "love's" part
When experiencing the "joy" in the other's "full heart."
So, "Pigeon Tests" can NEVER fail,
Even in great winds of a hurricane's gale!
Consecrated devotion to another, NOT PERISH
Its not "love's quest" to possess, but to CHERISH!
"I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
The Little Prince by St. Exupery
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