Free to Love

I can see clearly now
for the first time
through untainted eyes
through faded smiles
and I see my life
from a distance
on the wings of a bird
high
in the fabric of freedom
I found all that I lost
a life full of happiness
to love
regardless the cost
no longer held back
by the past
by my mistakes
I will fly
I will love
and only then will I know
what it means
to truly be alive