Flying through the sky

Free like birds

I wish that I could be that way

But my only freedom is my words.

So colorful up there

Led only by your heartstrings

You make me feel so sad

Even as my soul sings.

I watch you as you twist up there

You have something I have dreamed about

Flying around like you are free

I suddenly want to shout.

How can you do this to me

So many conflicts in my head

I don’t know what I’ve done

And what are the words I’ve said.

You keep going

Where the wind blows

How far you’ll fly

No one really knows.

Then a tug upon you comes

I watch you as you fall

Your strings are being pulled--

You’re not so free after all.