Birds of Paradise

The thought of marriage scares me blind 
It controls everything 
Including your mind 
I am a free spirit
A walking soul 
But I have a hard time letting to
The thought of love just scares me now
It has bruised me so bad
I don't think I’ll ever go back
What are feelings?
Do I feel?
I can feel when life is unreal but that is all
I stand up, and I fall 
Will I ever grow to be strong and tall?
Maybe one day, just now not
I am not the ordinary  face in the crowd
I am 1 in a million and I want to Stand tall
I am tired of being tired!
Sick of being sick!
Sometimes I feel like life is just a trick
It's all about perspective; I know 
But it's so hard to let go
I am stuck in the past, only trying to move forward 
Onward I try to go, or will I try to jump out a window?
I don't know;
One side of my brain says yes, the other no
It's like there's two people inside my brain
And yes, I know that sounds insane
But I cannot decide about anything I ever want to do
You strewed  my brain up just like chicken soup 
Now all I have is my memories and time to move on
But it's been two years, and our story was still going on
I miss the song that my heart used to play
The soul that was not caged by these thoughts
Give me my wings back so I can fly
I understand why the caged bird cries;

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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