I sit perched atop a branch
I sit and watch you all pass by
The people who are down there
Living their lives
They don’t notice me
I lean up against a natural wooden post
I don’t hide or avoid prying eyes
But no one’s eyes look to pry
I observe friends and family
And only wish I had some of my own
As I sit and see
People absorbed in themselves
Wishing they were as high as me
Except, it’s lonely up here
High in the sky
I may not have to walk and talk
But I have to live
Those people down there
They refuse to see
What humanity can really be
I am burdened with the truth
Life is pain and anger
But also beautiful and serene
It is ever changing and adapting
But sometimes only one person
Knows how to adapt
I may get to fly free
But there is no escaping my future
While you are wasting yours
It gets lonely up in the clouds
Up here all by myself
Just wishing for somebody to look up
But no one ever does.