“You don’t need it but it’s available” You said “I don’t need it but I want it” I replied smiling We were talking about caffeine Maybe something else Maybe not It’s always been murky with you Probably nothing I tell myself But it seems you got the message Letting you go with the gift of a songbird Fly and sing and just be Your beautiful self I didn’t want to let you go at all I couldn’t say all I wanted to say I had to maintain this new wall Cement still drying Comrades by my side to keep me from Bad behavior and temptation Chaperones who know better than I Once booze and blow Now you But one day at a time Go fly, go fly I’ll always watch from afar In awe of your beauty Being good Doing the right thing All my unsaid words “I love you” “I adore you” “I miss you” Just come out instead as Scattered chatter About music, politics, the weather You cut a Robert Smithean figure In those lights How you’d love to know that! A sight to behold As I stand and stare In my leather and pomade Wonder at the magic of it all With an embrace I let you go Try not to sob on the drive home Fall into her arms as she awaits This anti-hero’s return “You did good, I’m proud of you” She picks up my broken pieces Gently sews them together again As she does every time A true heroine Reminds me of my loving soul Begs me not to be devastated As the tears won’t stop falling Reminds me that this heart is so Terrifyingly large That it’s bound to be broken repeatedly And I see your face And I hear your voice And I just want you to know you are loved That you’ll always have a place here In this vessel of pure light No matter how dark it gets No matter that we’ve had our parting
Fly, fly, fly You beautiful soul Never forget your own magic
