I Used To Fly Poem by Nadia Daniel

I Used To Fly



They dismembered me
like (like) they remembered to
they took (took) the parts of me
that in the cold sky flew

They pulled me apart
like (like) a broken heart
pulled me back (back) forever
all the king's horses and all the king's men
well they couldn't put me back to together again

Flying
Used to be mine
Racing
against the blue speed of time
Till they
took hold of the jealousy
And they
they broke me.

They pushed me
to my limits and beyond
Across the horizon
Restricted by my bond

Walking like (like)
the cripple I used to be
before the wings that they took
came and freed me

Flying
Used to be mine
Racing
against the blue speed of time
Till they
took hold of the jealousy
And they
they broke me.

Before they came I was an angel, a bird
Now (now) my soundless screams go unheard
Before they came, I thought I was alive
Now (now) to drown I must dive

Laid out spread eagled naked
for their gazes to rest unfiltered
Sometimes I wish I never could
Fly- why did it have to be me?

Flying
Used to be mine
Racing
against the blue speed of time
Till they
took hold of the jealousy
And they
they broke me.

My dreams are blurs of the future (future)
My hopes are faint longings for the past (past)
And I wish for that lonesome day
when I can come to rest at last

I scream for the feeling of the flying
Every word begs for that miraculous release
They stare with pitiless eyes of a human
Tormenting me with the faraway promise of peace

Flying
Used to be mine
Racing
against the blue speed of time
Till they
took hold of the jealousy
And they
they broke me.

Broke me

They
They took me
And they broke me.

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