Wings

I tried to save him

I don’t really know why

My shadows left one morning

I sat up in bed and I didn’t cry

I suddenly had nothing left to hide

There’s so much power in being able to fly

Words could never explain

How much I needed him then

How I longed for things he couldn’t say

How I’d beg silently for him to call me

It’s weird to want to impress someone 

To want them to be proud of you anyway

Of the ways you could fly

I clung to an idea

I rewrote a story that had already ended 

I built a castle from scratch 

Then I burned it to ash

And I hoped it would leave enough for them

I long for the day when I have someone to built with

Someone who takes the ashes and turns them to diamonds

Someone who says I don't need wings

Cause I’ve been flying just fine all this time

Without them