The Wings

The time I thought I'd fly away
Spreading my wings to the unknown.
I knew it was there, in the skies I saw,
My dreams were so close to hold on to.

Until they shot their bullets into future,
The wings were broken, I'm ruined.
My dreams are being again forbidden,
The darkness, the cage I was given.

Now I keep trying to fly above
The hate that's pushing pain away.
A phoenix I no longer feel I am,
I continue lying here instead.

Until the day I raise again
To cross the skies, I feel so close,
The air is already in my lungs.
Before I open my eyes, I'm gone.