“Come Back to Fly Away”

Fourteen, back with my teens again,

Thought I’d feel the same, but the air had changed.

A call from school, go home today,

Heart was racing — was it trouble or a cake?

Open the door… time froze in place,

My father standing there with a brand new face.

Years went silent, I didn’t know what to say,

Smile or cry, run or stay.

He said, “Come with me, leave the pain behind,”

Promised us a future, a brand new life.

Stepmom by his side, with a suitcase plan,

Mom said yes… and so it began.

We flew away, from a land of sun and pain,

To the cold night lights, to a world so strange.

Goodbye to my roots, to the laughter, to the games,

But I had to go, I had to find a better way.

I came back… just to fly away.

Woodside nights, yellow buses, new rules,

A school full of accents, a shy kid lost in truth.

Used to be loud, now I barely spoke,

Trying to belong, but the pieces broke.

Bullies came, like shadows in a dream,

Pushed too far, so I snapped the scene.

Chair hit the floor, silence fell like stone,

Respect was born through pain unknown.

But then he came, my brother in the fight,

Not by blood, but we lit the night.

Danced with pride, through the school’s parade,

First real friend I ever made.

We flew away, from a land of sun and pain,

To the cold night lights, to a world so strange.

Goodbye to my roots, to the laughter, to the games,

But I had to go, I had to find a better way.

I came back… just to fly away.

Prom nights, lost trains, New York fairs,

First time sick, no one cared.

Stepmom’s smile, but her heart betrayed,

Thrown-out memories, like we’re just names.

Fake smiles, freezing tears,

Wishing someone saw through the years.

Dance video promise, lost to the snow,

And the love I wanted, just let me go.

I walked alone in a concrete maze,

Maps in my head, heart in a haze.

But I found my way, through the cold and rain,

Even when the world forgot my name.

I flew away, from the child I used to be,

To chase a dream, through broken memories.

New world, new scars, but I still believed,

That love and light could live in me.

I came back… just to fly away.

And maybe one day… I’ll fly and stay.