The Long Fall Back To Earth
THE LONG FALL BACK TO EARTH”
The furious flapping of broken wings
The wasted futility of shattered dreams
The great expectations of soaring high
The diminishing dreams as they fall from the sky
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
We fly too high, and like Icarus, collide
From the world we try so hard to leave behind
To purge ourselves from all the temperaments of humankind
Take me up to horizons I transcend
Take me down to the earth’s dark edge
Wash the suffering from off my skin
Teach me how to be whole again
Fly me up on silver wings
Above the places where sirens ring
Warm me up in a mercurial glow
And drop me down to my dreams below
To turn away and not become
More abundant than the tears-- so numb A world embracing every predestined heartache
Should I be the one to sacrifice for the sake of fate
After all is said and done I stand alone
Vestige remains of a life I should not own
It takes all I am to continue to believe
In the undeserved benevolence that covered me.
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