I don’t want your help
I tell you every time
And still you offer your hand
Hold it out for me
And so I open my wings
And try again to fly

I fall back to the ground
Wings flapping pitifully
Getting me nowhere.
And again you stare at me,
Holding out your hand,
Begging me to take it

I leap away in tears,
Eyes prickling as I go again
And once more I fall
Down to the cold hard,
The harshness of reality
Bitter on my tongue

You stand calmly over me
Your eyes so soft and…
And yet I fling myself away
Running and jumping
Embracing the sky
With wings that just won’t fly

I find you standing over me
Offering your hand yet again
Begging me to let you help
But you can’t help me

I don’t want your help
I tell you every time
And still you offer your hand
Hold it out for me
And so I open my wings
And try again to fly

Why can’t you see it?
I’m a fallen angel
I can never go back.
This is how I'll always be
Embracing the sky
With wings that just won’t fly


-Calypso