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
PASSIONATE PALAUAN 