Ngkesill

Sailed away from what I know

If only singing our song takes me home

So I can take you with me and we can fly away 

To our secret hiding spot where all our worries went away

Atop the rock island of Ngkesill

Passed the tunnel of mosquitoes

And up the rocky hill

We looked across the deep blue sea

The water crashing into the rocks below us

I never knew one day I would leave 

Leave paradise and sail towards my dreams

To a scary yet magical place 

where my heart would continue to race

Where I would learn to pave my own way

Where I had to find my own place 

They say its ambitious, 

Its right, its wrong

To leave where we belong

Its a mission to not be helpless

To work and stop wishing

It’s hard and exciting and terrible 

Its bittersweet 

To leave your family 

In the name of responsibility 

In hopes to one day succeed 

But I always go back to that memory of us 

As I learn to find my footing

As I learn to find my peace

Like the scratches, and bites and bruises it took

To reach the top of Ngkesill

I too will climb my own hill

I promise I would never forget you

I love it and hate it as much as you 

I’m so sorry

Even I don’t know what to do 

Knowing you’re in pain and I can’t be there to hold you

One face of many I long to give that hug 

But as they say it’s part of growing up

Making decisions, falling down, getting up

Fly away and hope to come back

I hold on to your smell and your loving touch 

And one day we’ll see the sun rise side by side

I just hope I make it home in time. 

MDR