[03:17.00]Home.
[03:17.00] Swimming in the warm haven
[03:17.00] As dark as the blackest raven
[03:17.00] She knows it is time to leave
[03:17.00] A hand, a light leads her
[03:17.00] Cold and bold air hits her skin
[03:17.00] As the line she shares with her mother is cut
[03:17.00] And she is breathing on her own
[03:17.00] But not alone
[03:17.00] Today turns quickly to tomorrow
[03:17.00] Then a week
[03:17.00] A month
[03:17.00] A year then five speeds by
[03:17.00] How time flies.
[03:17.00]
[03:17.00] Until memory makes her see slowly
[03:17.00] The other children's faces
[03:17.00] The secret hiding places
[03:17.00] In the woods past the backyard
[03:17.00] The old statues that guard
[03:17.00] The small stream
[03:17.00] Which gleamed
[03:17.00] In the rays of the sun
[03:17.00] As she daydreamed
[03:17.00] Of what the world was like.
[03:17.00]
[03:17.00] And Every night
[03:17.00] She looked up to the lights
[03:17.00] Protecting sparkling
[03:17.00] The magic upon her
[03:17.00] So many stars
[03:17.00] Mars and jupiter
[03:17.00] And their promises of the future.
[03:17.00]
[03:17.00] A shooting star falls through the darkness
[03:17.00] She wishes upon the naked bareness
[03:17.00] Of youth and innocence
[03:17.00] Looking only forward to what would come next.
[03:17.00] Surrounded by ghosts of the past
[03:17.00] With traditions and a culture that lasts
[03:17.00] Through centuries her ancestors cast
[03:17.00] She only wants to grow up fast
[03:17.00] And be a part of the mass
[03:17.00]
[03:17.00] Glossy magazines enticing
[03:17.00] With images new and exciting
[03:17.00] She sees the old as stale and boring
[03:17.00] Starving for the new and unknown
[03:17.00] Blown away by visual spices
[03:17.00] Blinded by stars in her eyes
[03:17.00] She realizes
[03:17.00] It is time to embark on her own
[03:17.00]
[03:17.00] It is time alone.