The world keeps turning

Though my heart is breaking

The world goes on

And I am left behind

I see not a path from here

I see no way forward

I cannot go on

Yet my bridges have been burned

And I cannot return

I stand alone in the cold and the moonlight

I am abandoned in the night

Night is my home now

It hides me from prying eyes

I cannot leave this place

For I have built a prison for myself

And I can never escape

I am trapped in a prison of my own making

And I never made a key

I cannot leave

Once I believed I could fly away

Now I know better

I tried to fly away again

But I burned my wings

I cannot fly again

I wish I could

I flew away from the Jellicles

I made a mistake but they will not accept that

I wanted to return but I burned my bridges

And the water underneath those bridges is too deep to ford

My family has rejected me as I once rejected them

My daughter turns away from me

With a sneer on her lips and hatred in her eyes

Her daughter leans towards me

To mock me with my own words

My family has turned from me

My daughter's mate protects the Jellicles from me

He once counted me as his adoptive mother

But now he counts me as his enemy

My friends fear my influence on the kittens

They pull them away

Preventing curiosity

Will I always be ignored?

Or will I learn to fly again?