You came into my life as a meteor crashes through Earth's atmosphere;
Burning hot and falling fast.
You said you cared for me, that you would be by my side for eternity.
And with those words of gold you granted me I fell.
Like a duckling imprinting on any who gives it the smallest sliver of attention.
I fell.
My downy feathers not holding me up as I tried to fly.
But you were there to lift me, and so I let myself fall;
For your eyes; and your smile.
For your laughter; and your tears.
The stars in my eyes shone for you,
Like the planets I orbited around your sun.
But then the sun went dark,
Taking the light and warmth.
And once again I struggled to fly,
Flapping my wings but they would not support me.
Falling, falling, falling; I crashed to Earth like the meteor.
But then I grew up, I was no longer that little duckling,
Struggling to fly,
I was grown and my wings could now support me.
I was my own sun, my own moon, my own stars.
Orbiting around my own shining heart.
I don't need you to care for me any longer.
I am grown, I am strong, and I am flying free.
On the wings of a duckling who once craved the love of a star.
