Pieces

I’ve been a thing of beauty

And I’ve been a thing of grace

Even though I stayed

Far far away.

Every night I peek from under my blanket

Even though the blanket tells me not to

It says it’s trying to protect me

And that is its job to do.

One night the blanket covers me completely

And I’m hidden in the sky

But I build my strength

And try really hard to come by.

My blanket warns me about the humans

Creatures I’m so fascinated by,

Says they’ll take away my pieces

Once they touch the sky.

Ignoring everything,

I shine like I’ve never done before,

In all my glory, brightening more and more,

They come in their planes,

I think they’ve come to play,

So wrong have I been,

As they take my pieces away,

And I stand there in utter dismay,

As they take my pieces away.

As they take my pieces away.