Magic - I Can't Stay by Nicola Beckett

I can't stay mother

I love you but I wasn't born to please you

I can't stay teacher

I wasn't born to be put in your Boxes

Or think in your lines

I can't stay my love

I wasn't born just to satisfy your needs

I can't stay boss

I wasn't born just to make money for others

I can't stay master

I wasn't born to follow your ideas of what truth is

I was born to find my own truth

And make my own rules

I was born

To go beyond space and time

Into magic

To totally loose myself

I was born to feel everything

To taste everything

The bitter taste of sorrow

The foul taste of deceit

The sweet taste of love

I was born to learn how to handle change

I was born to know the truth

To learn how to fly

On my magic broom

I was born to learn how to speak the language of love

How to unchain my heart

How to shed everything

How to let go of all expectations

Except what really matters

Magic

I was born to live a life that would strip away all that wasn't real

That wasn't true

That wasn't me

I am a phoenix

I was born to spread my wings and fly towards the sun

To burn up and turn to ashes

To fall down to earth

And to rise up again

When I am old

I will be proud of my scars

My wrinkles

My memories

My stories

My wisdom

I was born to be free

And therefore I cannot stay

I am Magic

And Magic is me