Musings of a legless bird

One of Wong Kar Wai's movie characters mentioned the idea of a legless bird and somehow the notion has stuck with me since.

A bird without any legs is condemned to fly forever, unable and perhaps unwilling to stop, to pause, to reflect. Afraid that once it stops, doubts and discontent would creep in. The malaise would then grow, and plunge the helpless bird into the depths of dark despair.

But love may prove to be the cure yet for this afflicted bird. Love could be its anchor, allowing it to slow down and even stop.

Yet it remains fearful even in its happiness, afraid that the desire to flee will take hold of it again one day, that it will give up the life that it has strived so hard to build, that it will end up on its lonely and ultimately empty flight into nothingness once more.