Built my life on paper wings

I build my life on paper wings,

Then wonder why they never sing.

A thousand futures flood my head,

Yet none survive the tears I shed.

My heart sprints far beyond my feet,

Mistaking hope for something sweet.

I race ahead, I make my plans,

Then watch them fade like grains of sand.

The darkness knows my every flaw,

It speaks in silence, tooth and claw.

It tells me I should turn and run,

Before another war’s begun.

So I retreat before the fight,

Disappearing with the night.

Not because I do not care

Because I’m terrified you’ll stare.

No one ever heard me through,

Half my words, half spoken truths.

I learned that shouting changed no tide,

So now I keep the storm inside.

I love too much, I dream too high,

I kiss the stars, then curse the sky.

A hopeless fool with trembling hands,

Still drawing castles in the sand.

Perhaps that’s why I break apart

A reckless mind, a faithful heart.

Forever chasing what could be…

While darkness keeps convincing me…

I was never meant to keep the things

that ever felt like home to me.