Kryptonite

You looked like superman
From a distance
When you fell you flew
Like a marionette
Tied to strings
I never even knew you were falling
Until you hit the ground
You looked beautiful
Like a swan Dancing over rivers
Dodging demons
Dodging traps
I could feel it in your soul that you were falling
But I couldn't see it passed my rose colored glasses
Everything was coming up roses
You screamed with me
To me, at me
They tied you to a pole
And told you how to move
You listened, respected
You knew what was good for you
You looked like my friend
A friend I had never met before
But knew better than anyone else
In the world
You were always there
Sometimes,
I wanted you to leave me
Let me get some god damn sleep
Until you fell
Like a marionette
When they've cut your strings
And we tried to pick up the pieces
But there were so many
So many god damn little pieces
We couldn't find them all
But thought it was okay
We had put most of the puzzle back together
But most was never good enough for you
and we could never pick you back up again
The ugly duckling living in swan lake
A marionette with no puppeteer
Nothing holding up your strings, grooming your feathers
Calling your name
And so you were gone
Like a flash of lightning
Like a strike of gold
You had fallen
And I had left you
To scrounge for pieces on your own
I felt like a million knives
Falling from the air
Dodging fingers
Dodging humans
I left
I left you there
When I returned
Light years later
There you lay
A thousand tiny fragments
Of who you were
But I still can't recognize
Who you are today