Welcome Back To The Wild Outside

To be a bard in hours abandoned
So close to freedom but tethered to time
Noises followed me everywhere, tick tock, tick tock
City sounds, inner sounds
Where is the quiet, I wondered?
How can I still my mind when the world is so loud?
How can I trust my thoughts when you are lying around in them?

Crossing a bridge into the age of anxiety
Carefree to clingy
So far away from everyone I loved
You let go but didn't pry my fingers from
Where they were holding on to the edge of dear life
Friends turned to lovers
My compass upside down
My seven year-old self gone away, awry
So many circles swirling
And you, gone again

But there
She who is swimming under sine waves
Waiting for me to come home
To be with the whales
To float with Her
To reunite with the siren singing
Don't forget, it's okay
We're all still here
We're still happy
Welcome back to the Wild Outside