Angel

What do you keep looking for, child?
What is it that you seek,
But never seem to find?
Why does the answer always elude you,
When it stares you in the eye?
You longed for the stars, now they are yours
Yet you still see only mud.
Will you ever know what you really need,
And not just what you want?

You said you needed shelter
Protection from the beating rain
A pair of arms to hold you close
And never let go again.
But when those arms wrap you tight
You want to run away.
They lock you in, you cannot breathe,
----- Is that what you wanna say?

You let him in
You tell him things
You feel his soothing touch.
But when the spark becomes the fire,
Child, you think too much.

Before he’s the first to leave,
You catch the train to the coast.
You hold him close, before letting go
Then you cut him where it hurts the most.

You’ll never be anyone’s angel, child.
Just wings aren’t enough to carry you home.
If you want to fly, you have to trust the wind

And really, truly want to soar.