Growing pains

I remember sunshine and feeling grey.
Feeling pretty feeling okay.

I remember feeling safe
The feeling of a warm embrace.

The cold that was left in this empty place.
The dismal feeling of being misplaced

All I've had
all I've done
I should have left I should have run.

I came back like a good girl should
And crawled straight into a cage of wood.

4 walls around me
Windows covered
a growing fear I'll be discovered.

I wish you saved me but you did not
26 cents was my long shot.

I've been uphill
I've slid straight down
All I wanted was to straighten my crown.

You stood right there
I called your name.
You let me drown all the same.

With all the lessons
The tears that fell
I learned a lesson and learned it well.

Growth is growing
Growing through pain
To make your own choices
Is called growing pains.