Shackles

Shackles 

Running wild and free

Shoes left behind 

You on my mind 

Makes me feel good 

The secret shimmer the

Quiet smile the mystery of

Knowing you’d been with me

Addicted to the high of careless

I’d shaken off my troubles

Thrown structure to the wolves

Free now to be free

Here I am waiting for you

And still waiting 

Where’s the fun in commitment?

Where’s the suspense in confidence? 

Where’s the thrill in detail?

Only girls free as me 

Can live outside of normal 

We dance in the dark and

Snarl at boys with keys in their hands

Here I am running while

Looking behind for you 

And I can’t quite see ahead 

For wishing you’ll appear

With my eyes fixed behind

I see girls passing me

And in their eyes I see 

I’ve still got shackles on my feet

I am not running free. 

I’ve got you on the mind

There’s no wild in wishing 

It’s you sentencing me 

So I cried as I unshackled 

The things I thought that freed

I mistook the fall for flying

Missed your stumble about my feet

Until I threw away the key

Tossed the shackle to the floor

And knew what I missed was me

Without you.