The heart, the body, the mind, the soul —

what part of me is left to hold?

I cry, I scream, I plead,

but all that answers me is pain, echoing back what I gave away so freely.

Fly, fly, fly away —

to someone I once was,

someone who lived inside the happiest of my dreams.

Drop it all —

drop the weight, the facade, the lies that wrapped themselves around me like a second skin.

I have given everything...

The time is here. The time is now.

Why stay and pretend, chasing a love that should have been mine from the start?

A little girl once sat waiting — waiting for love, for acceptance, for someone to simply see her.

But she grew tired. She grew up.

The promises faded into lies, and the lies into silence.

Night after night, she stayed awake, holding on to hope, holding on to dreams.

But no more.

Today...

Let the waters rise and flow,

Wash away what aches to go.

Every burden, every weight,

Drifting out to meet its fate.

Breathe in light, exhale the past,

Let this moment hold you fast.

Fresh and new, the dawn is near,

Step ahead with soul made clear....