Up, up, up

Up, up, up

A Poem by venus styles

I'm a big balloon
Inflated with helium on the brink of popping
I'm as light as a feather flying high above the ground
Showing no signs of stopping
Up here, so high in the sky
I'm looking down at all the people 
They’re so small down there
And I feel so ought up here
The fact that I was ever that small is unbelievable 
They continue to shrink
As I continue to fly
I don’t think is possible to fly too high
Surrounded by nothing but sky
Is this what it feels like for birds?
As if they are above everyone else?
Like they’re not some porcelain doll left to collect dust on the shelf?
Because thats what human are, aren’t they
Painted on smile
Everything scripted from what they think, act and to what they say
Well, not for me
That life was too restricting
I just had to get away
I was marching ahead
Leaving them behind
I couldn’t wait for them anymore
So I resigned
Now, the only direction is up
And I’m never gonna stop

But, as I fly higher I can no longer see the ground
And somewhere in the distance I hear an alarming, sizzling sound
I'm flying too close to the sun
I think id like to return to the ground now
Thats it, I’ve had my fun
Its too late now there so way to stop
I'm terrified, horrified 
For at this rate
I think I’m gonna
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© 2020 venus styles


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Added on June 3, 2020
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