Your Pedestal

by

Karen Layer

It's this "bird's eye view" that I fear most
I'd rather live down among the beasts
I don't want to race, I'd rather coast
So happy with less, no fancy feats

Don't put me on your pedestal

I can't do magic

I can't be more

I'd rather die or have to crawl

Than live upon your pedestal

You said you've built it just for me
A perfect home, a perfect place
But I'm so alone, why can't you see
It's dark, I'm blind, I'm high
Can't see you face
I think I'm falling
falling
falling
I want to fall...

Off of your smug pedestal

I liked it once it made me feel

Special, how I felt so tall

But now I know it wasn't real

Soon you'll see it's built in vain
I'm not deserving of this perch
I'm lower than this, I'm better than this
It's time to drop me in your search
For someone new - For someone who can

Sit upon your pedestal

She'll think she's magic

She'll be more

She'll die for you, she'll take the fall

From high atop your pedestal

I watch you from safe distance now
My feet so firmly on the ground
You're looking up and searching for
A glimpse of life, a hint of love
I think youre falling
falling
falling
You're gonna fall...

With eyes upon your pedestal

You're hoping that a bird will land

Lonely below your pedestal

Waiting with your outstretched hand

While so much love

Just crawls right by

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Eyes like two lights shining
by: Wesley A. Storer
from: Spokane, WA, US

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