"You don't owe me and I certainly don't own you ..." (illustrated poetry from the Handwritten Reveries collection)

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You don't owe me
And I certainly don't own you
And even if this love is just one direction
It doesn't mean that it's less true
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• B.faye

Written as part of an original song of mine that pays homage to a quote by the famous Persian poet and philosopher Hafez , as well as a nod to a quote by Amelia Earhart (can't wait to perform this one for Steemits @openmic! ). They are my two favorite quotes in the world, and both quotes referenced in the song lyrics are bolded.

"Poets and Pilots"
Lovers make right after daylight
Then passions and poems abound
And why for most of the hours in a day
I’ll think of how you’re not around

But you don’t owe me
And I certainly don’t own you
And even if this love is just one direction
It doesn’t mean that its less true

Nobody owns the sun
Yet everybody owes the sun
But the sun never says you owe me
And that kind of love lights up the whole sky
And that kind of love is the reason why

You never can fight a feeling
There isn’t a cure for heartbreak
But if you love truly, give everything freely
There’s nothing nobody can take

Fears are made of tigers made of paper
Illusion and doubt can bring us to our knees
And who has the time to spend on their worries
When love - all that matters - is free

Nobody owns the sun
Yet everybody owes the sun
But the sun never says you owe me
And that kind of love lights up the whole sky
And that kind of love is the reason why

Theres daylight
And time before night
There's light in my eyes
Like there's light in the sky
And there's oceans to fly
So don’t let life pass you by
Tonight

While theres daylight
Because once you taste flight
You’ll always look towards the sky

Be sure to check out my @openmic submissions and be on the lookout for when I record Poets and Pilots!

Check out Handwritten Reveries on Instagram.

See illustrations from the series that I’ve posted on Steemit:

"Maybe I love you more…"
"I want to love like a wildflower"
"And there you were…"
"And if I can’t find the words to say…"
"I could be your eternal audience"
"This is what love looks like"