I Wish

I’m not the one to tell you fables,

Not the one to speak out,

I wish I were, but I just can’t-

As I sit here losing my mind

 

Pouring words on pages,

Hoping one sentence would turn out right,

Yet all I can do is fall down,

And look back up at the sky.

 

I grow empty by the day,

Heart draining by the hour-

Lie in wait for you to come,

But I’m always too far away.

 

Oh to ride upon the clouds,

The freedom of the light,

Bounding from each world I see,

Bringing life in every stride.

 

Though this is not the world for me,

Not for a man locked within his mind,

I wish that one day I may be free,

And embrace the life I find.