Poetry: Don't Make Me Let You Stay

You're always asking me
Now, is it time?
How long can you stand there
Waiting for your dreams?

I wish I could tell you why.

If I could start moving
And not be afraid
Of tumbling from the sky

I know you're out there
Praying for the day.
Please go away, please, please,
Don't make me let you stay.

I wish I could tell you.

If I could only form the words.
Don't make this harder for me,
Listen to the silences that you've heard.

I'm here and I stay, day after day.
Locked somewhere inside,
I can't leave this safety anymore.

Do you hear that knocking,
the sound outside your door?
You're always asking me,
asking me for more.

If I could tell you, I would tell you how.
But there's something broken inside me now.

I know the world's not perfect,
But I remember how to bleed.
I know that how to fly like a bird,
But she took away my wings.

I know you're out there
Praying for the day.
Please go away, please, please,
Don't make me let you stay.