I can't remain the eternal protector
I've lost all cause
I can no longer lay down the laws
I come forth now humbly as only your sister

For years these fingers have bled
For years I've laid out life's tools
Knowing someday a day like this would come
A day that the years have flooded with dread

Brave and sure in my own trials
Scared and uncertain for your own life's attempts
My eyes only see innocence
You forever as a child

Time has demanded that I give you up
No longer in command
Just a figure of persuasion
I deem that unjust, unfair, corrupt

Nevertheless I open your eyes to the world
New, fresh, undiscovered
This world
Full of promise, full of disillusion

Extend ample steps
Be weary of the temptations
Take tight hold of your heart
Give as little of yourself in the beginning
To avoid the hostile intrusion

I ate the mistakes whole
So you needn't have a taste
So you needn't lose control

These are life's lessons for you and I
To learn to let go
To learn to stand tall
These will be the first years
Of our luke warm transitions