A Song To Myself: Let Me Go Poem by Leah Ayliffe

I gotta shape up
Got to find my way back or to
A time of freedom
The thought of youth in its power
I gotta be there again
Where my soul felt settled
My heart was at peace
Though my mind struggled
My inspiration never ceased
The toppled up sugar coated apple candy pies
The holier than now look of Elvis Presley guys
With their fame and good looks
Dropping lines from story books
And the cool little ladies fell
Starlet groupies under a love spell
But kid I was the real deal, the quiet bird
Who flies high and dives low but never is heard
And I always got the job done
On the road, wild and having fun
You'll never know, they'll never know the girl inside
The different possibilities of who I'll be on any night
That's the key to any secret lock
Never let one man be your only rock
Cause I love to roll on, rolling Stone
Even if it means I walk the road alone
The dandy never satisfied twisting his cigar
In his business suit sipping whiskey at the local bar
I lean in close so you smell my heavenly perfume
To watch your eyes focus in on the prettiest kid in the room
Sweetly, not mean, like the others before
Cause I've already been lost as the girl behind closed doors
I can't go back, take me ahead
Caught in your fire of hot dread
It's a beautiful dream dancing in purple airwaves
Starry eyes and cherry smiles left in a pretty daze
Highs and lows of where I've been and who I know
Did I hear myself speak the words that I want time to slow?
I used to think in such an electric way
Freedoms song living in the fast lane
I get kicked and bruised but run when I can
The only thing that keeps me close to then
Let me go, I sing aloud, let me go
I used to be in love with this whole damn world
And I can fall again, oh darling heart I must..
cause I'm their number one girl