A panoply, a zoo, an entire ecosystem imprisoned until you.
Let the lion roar
Let the birds soar
Let the horses gallop across the fields
Let go the guards and all the shields
Let the walls of Jericho fall down
When the music and shouts surround-
Let the caged bird fly free
Because you unravel me.
Sometimes I feel toxic
A whole storm of emotions, I\'m chaotic
Mixed feelings, I keep them in a bag
I hide what\'s inside \'cause it\'s just sad.
The eyes are the window to the soul, mine are more open than most
I find it hard to look you straight in the eyes
Look more closely and you\'ll realize
I\'m not whole.
I\'m only half a person
Had an illness that lobotomized my brain
After that I was never the same
And I\'m still hurtin\'
Still finding my purpose,
Is life worth it?
I don\'t deserve this
Thoughts and memories get twisted in my mind
All the anxieties wait for me in line
I lock up my true feelings, shove them on the shelf,
But they keep on getting out somehow, what the hell
An entire ecosystem lives inside this shell
I keep waiting to let it out as soon as I get well
First, a hummingbird, gentle as a flower,
wings humming like little heartbeats many times an hour
Second, a newborn foal, kicking and running all around, so droll
Third, a lioness, full of mischief and defiance-
And all the hungry contrasting desires
Some full of life, some funeral pyres
Become weak and emaciated
When I don\'t let them speak;
So under-appreciated
It\'s a panoply, a zoo,
an entire ecosystem imprisoned until you
So let the lion roar,
and let the birds soar,
and let the horses gallop across the fields
Let go the guards and shields!
I\'m scared of vulnerability
But let the caged bird fly free
Because you unravel me.
There\'s a riddle in these rhymes
Can you read between the lines?
vulnerability.