To Die Or To Die For

So you just came by

In your grey cover

As a pleasant surprise

Tottering up and down

With eyes red 

And tucked in feathers. 

Didn't come close

Didn't think you needed help.

Surely 

You can take flight

Whenever you see it right

Or so I thought.

It does not seem fair

You came all the way 

To lay stiff the next day.

You flew

Far away. 

Was it 

A choice or a chance

For you or for me

To die or to die for.