Get Higher Poem by Leah Ayliffe

I don't feel so inspired
Sitting around, being a good girl
Getting hired
To work with the youth today
And hear the emptiness in what they say

I'd say I'm rather lonely
Whether I find a home tonight or not
Who should I be
It's not a question of where or when
But an inner battle, don't wanna give in

I used to like being on fire
A dreamers flame unleashed, insane
Living life like a good satire
But I've been cooled over, coloured rad
Like the oceans soul, beautiful and sad

I try to deny the stirring storm
That blackness of the clouds in my skies
The beauty around me should make me warm
It's the morbid haunting of destiny
The serendipitous motion of breathing, being

The material world of you and i
In my mind I fly with freedom
But here in the land of glam I cry
The bars are there, though at times invisible
The only way of escape is by getting into trouble

It's the only song I know to sing
It's form may not always be round
Cause I'm broken with the truth it rings
When this is happiness I long for
In this game we play, who's keeping score?

My eyes are burning royal red
Like the fire wild in my hair
It's not that I wish that I was dead
But sometimes I'd rather not be here
Always dreaming of nothing with you near

I'll never stop moving, dancing to my song
It's a melody that unites the pretty few
People like us who can sway along
Praying in dark hours through the night
No one trusts us, too wild to be right

I'm the leader of the lonely soul
The sad but hopefully too
In the maddened minds they cannot control
A melancholy smile too many see
He tells me it's gorgeous in its tragedy

I didn't feel so inspired
Being a good girl, getting hired
But I need a wall to hold me up
in this caged world where they see me
All dressed up... not for them.

I may be still in day-time dust
But
Don't you mind, don't you mind.

I still know how to fly