I'm not finished with this, and I plan to revamp it. But I'll put it up for feedback and any suggestions are welcome too. I want to experiment with new angles, so here it is..

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You never held me back,
Always tried set me free,
Yet I was still afraid to fly,
and was still content to be.

I folded my wings,
Held back from the wind,
Sat cleaning my feathers all day.

Scared of what's out there,
Across that horizon,
Everything was unknown to me.

I was paralyzed,
Yet satisfied,
Still too frightened to disappear.

I pondered and I waited there,
Tried to keep busy,
I kept suspicion under wraps,
But it would never conceal my intrigue.

So I waded out into the sea,
Took my chances,
Risked my life.
I ventured to the other side,
But what I found,
I can never describe.

Everything was bare,
The grass still green,
But everything was still.

Although the land was fresh,
I was surrounded in death,
It was eerie and concerning,
It worried me, and made me ill,
So immediately I fled.

I should never have taken off,
I can't stand what I saw.
It still keeps me awake at night.
You'd believe it if you knew.