Clockwork Life

I’d built an ordered, ordinary life
Painstakingly crafted walls and wheels
To keep the routine moving just so
Then you came in from nowhere
Convinced me to knock down a few
And made what was left a little less bland
You showed me what I was missing
Locked away in my little world
Then just as quickly you pulled away
A little too deep in my head, I guess
And now those walls and wheels are back
And they’re just not what they used to be
I’m living that same old life I built
But it’s not enough anymore
I want that freedom back
I want that spark of color you carried in
And I know, somewhere out there,
You’re basically doing the same
Building and living your own clockwork life
Without me