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Fly by Leila Scott
Tio
I wait for you to pick up the phone
But I get that beep
Leave your message after the
All I want to do is scream
I wait for you at the airport
To greet me, to meet me
To wrap my arms around your full figure
And you saying te amo
But you never show
I wait to see your face
Behind the horses, behind the stables
And that you’ll come ride with me
But they remain
The roosters cry
All I want to do is fly
To where you are now
Living to Survive
Fly me out of this world
Release me from this body
Set me free
Don’t leave me be
Your roses are telling me
I told you so
Let those petals fall
Onto this fallen ground
God knows its already started to crumble, to fall
Strip me
Make me someone new
Rest in Paz
The seasons they go
I watch you disappear
Our memories become unclear
I watch the river flow
I hear you in my dreams
You’re still calling out to me
Every February 9th
I stay up all night
Waiting for the coast to clear
I look for your reflection
In these pretty things you left me
But none of them compare
To your smile that was brighter
Your laughter that was finer
This life is too unfair
I search for you in the light
But I can’t make it through this fight
Of missing someone who is no longer here
Metamorphosis
Butterflies reign
Colors that mock my insecurities
Change that makes me fear
They dance with the wind
Your boundaries untrimmed
no time on hand
your destination unplanned
Live life too free
Pacing on flowers
Hour by hour
I’m in too deep
But you’re too hard to keep
You go as you please
No one can make you see
The beauty in staying the same
With one broken wing
You can no longer sing
To the days routine
This is your ultimate defeat
Once you are unable
You become grateful
Of the freedom you once had
Come up for Air
Shut me down
Turn me on
There’s no right
In this wrong
There is no thrill
In being unfulfilled
Love me, hate me, let me live again
This emptiness
It screams
Too loud for one mind to hear
I want to walk with the moon
Fly with the clouds
But I’m still buried
Under the concrete ground
Of my mind
Of this heart
The one that aches
To shine like the stars
Cut Their Wings
Will this river
Lead me to answers
The ones I crave
Are these stars
Showing me light
Within the darkness
Is this bubble gum pink
Disguising the one I want to be
Are you words
Coming from your heart
Do I dare trust again
Just to fall apart
Is the sun similing
As I wake up with you
Am I meant to restrain my wings
Can I fly somewhere
That will keep
My heart safe from the world
From the ones who dare to steal
Pieces of me
They walk with you
