Leaving Home

Listen to me I know when I speak I'm not a child I don't need to be led by hand Hear me out I know when I speak I can do this myself Though I realize you mean well Look at me (Don't you see me?) I know when I speak I'm not that small girl any more Feel me now I know when I speak I can stand on my own I'm stronger now Listen to me I know when I speak Thank you for everything But now I have to go Hear me out I know when I speak Time will soon blow me out Like wind a flame I have to go I know when I speak Truth and lies and fairy tales All the time I love you too But yet! I have to go...