The Sparrow of Light

Jumping higher and higher,oh how
I want to fly, to soar above the clouds
as a sparrow of light. I'm still jumping,
I wouldn't dare stop now.
The people who surround me are watching.
Watching in awe and jealously.

I can't let them down, I'm trying
to fly but he's holding me down.
The footsteps I am to follow in are trampled over.
I can't do the right thing, because the right
thing is the only thing. I have to two options.
I can get down off of this high cliff of doubt over
looking the sea and jump in and swim with the
fishes who think and swim alike. Or I can fly high
with the sparrows of light. Be like the shark I am told,
eat them before they eat you.
When really I would sink to the bottom
into the dark abyss of the ocean.
I take a step back and jump, not knowing
the outcome of my actions.