Learning to Fly

I went out looking for the ghost I used to be
And when I found him he fell in the rocks beneath my feet
A part of me died inside and I am lost beyond my eyes
The mirrors shattered now my soul can't find a way home
And yet, perhaps he was the one in me that held me back
When I fell in love but left the words unsaid
And it crawled into the pile of regrets to save in a box
He's been with me forever and letting him go is so hard to do
As I look through the cracks unsure if I should reach out
To pull him back from the broken image of who I used to be
Or let him sink into a grave beneath the rocks and reflective glass
That only served to remind me of how safe it felt in familiarity
While the fear of a path not travelled lights under each new footprint
uncovered in the sand where fresh steps record a journey untold
Unfolding through a haze of mystery I want to cut into shreads
The cape of a super hero who saved no one but himself
From becoming the one he was always meant to be
The enemy within cloaked behind the cape of tattered threads
That can no longer hide the side still residing inside, waiting to fly
Learning to fly while no longer held down by the weight of the past