Maybe Some Day I Will Make It

Does this look like the face

Of some one who will make it?

Eyes red and full of tears

What have I been fighting for

Through all of these years

I have felt weak

I have felt meek

I have felt at times I couldn’t speak

The stiffness

Hits my chest

As I let out a wail in the darkness

I am rooted in the nest

Stuck as the wings have tried their best

They have not gone anywhere

As I move my body

To see what lies ahead

The fall seems high

And I fear to fly

But still I hope

That some day I will make it

That some day i will gain strength

Pull my wings from the sheath

And take the leap

Look at my age they say

But the battle has been great

For I only know and not they

The sorrows and the pain

The malice and disgrace

That I have faced

And the wings that wish to fly

Full force into embrace

The pain is great

But still I hope that some day

I will make it

That the thoughts in my mind

Will become but a passing of time

And that I will finally

Spread these wings

And fly fly fly