I'm only alive when I’m flying

She said to me

With eyes like a sunset

And a voice like the sea

And I could barely contain

The flood of feelings

Dammed up inside

So I cast my eyes away

And swore to help her see

But she was too blind

As she exhaled grey smoke

And reached to touch me

To know I was there

But how could I be

Caught in the sadness

The bleakness

The madness

Of a life left unlived

So tragically beautiful

So broken and serene

She could never be free.