The Town That Pushed
Me
The familiar sign
comes into view
“Welcome to a life
from long ago”
A small town
disguised as a city
A place where I once
believed that I could grow old in
Ideal for a child
But not anymore
There’s the church
where I first fell in love
A boy so sweet and
kind I thought it would be forever
Yet it wasn't meant to be
He left me without an
explanation
I could only hold on
for so long
Until it held me back
From the backyard
lake to hill of the high school that I didn’t go to
We were so close for three years
Some of my best
memories as a teenager
He faded away into
the background as high school graduation came and went
I wonder what he’s
doing now
If the walls of the
house could talk
They’d have a lot to
say
They’d tell stories
of bonfires, barbecues and sleepovers
Along with the times
filled with so much pain
They say it’s your
hometown roots that shape you and help you grow
Yet I didn’t start to
discover who I truly was until I left
Now that I’m getting
older I’ve realized
It’s like a pair of
jeans that no longer fit
Once you’re a
butterfly and you’ve flown away
You really can’t go
back
Now that I know what’s
beyond this place
I have such a hunger
for adventure
An ache for a
playground
Where here I feel so
confined
Limited, but not
locked in a cage
Is there such a thing
as reconciling the past with the future?
A happy medium
between love and I hate
There’s no way in hell
I’ll let myself burn out
Or take what just
gets handed to me
This isn’t the town
that saved me
But the one that
pushed me
I have to keep going
on
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