icarus

One day you slipped in to A non chromatic state of being Paled yourself and settled for A grim and ugly world You felt impressed by simple gestures Though it hurt you never left her Cause her colours kept your World from being greyscale Cause she burnt auburn like the fires She set ablaze, but l require An explanation on why you really stayed Instead you bought a backyard castle And you both played pretend That she wasn't sneaking out At midnight to meet another man And you know That you did Everything that you could But she took your wings and ran Icarus I'll catch you as you land So you wandered aimlessly around A world you knew nothing about Skipped pebbles cause you didn't have the will To lift the boulders And maybe once you're older You can try again, my friend But until then you'll just be a silhouette You might be lost but you Can find yourself again It's bittersweet every New beginning And you know That you did Everything that you could But she took your wings and ran Icarus I'll catch you as you land You gave him flight Then tore him out of the sky Why great designer why