Encaged but
able to set
myself free

I want to live like
Jack & Sally but
have restrictions

Torn away
but still stuck
in the ground

Give me wings
but keep
them clipped

Please help me
see the world
in your eyes

I need to
look outside
of the box

I want to
be cheerful
yet mellow

Full of myself
but not be
cocky or rude

I want to
love and be
loved

I need to
be acknowledged
and embraced

I must be
helped but
not too much

Set free but
still on a
leash

It may be
hard, damn
near impossible

But I can't
go on with
nothing ahead

I want you
to be what
I can achieve

I need you
to set a standard
way too high

So I work hard
for what I
want and earn it

But I want
to be able
to be myself

The one who
you turn to
for support

I wanna be
the one that
knows the truth

Though you smile
I want to be able
to tell your true mood

The one that can
crack your
hardest pizzle

The one that
brings you to
life just saying hi

But I need
you to do
the same

I need your
help to find out
who I am inside

To decode
this mess I
call life

Maybe you
can find
a way

To get past
my image and
my disguise

I'll only live
once and I've
gotta make it last

I wanna be me
a blast yet
calm & collective

Even though I
know that you
can't get past them

I wish you'd
understand
and help me

Set aside my
grudges and
my fears

Try to sort
out my
thoughts

You'll never
know until
you try

I'll never
find out unless
you pry me open

Growing older doesn't
always mean
growing up

And growing up
doesn't mean
growing older

For me I need
to grow older
before growing up

I've grown up
too much and older
too little

I've thought
creative and
put up walls

But I put
them there for
you to take down.

♥