Let me grow

Dont send me with a tear,
As that’s the last thing of yours I am going to carry.
The merciless storm I am walking into will wipe my tracks,
Just never to find my way back to you.

Don’t see me off with a smile,
It will never let me leave this place.
The sea of debt I need to swim across will drown me,
Every moment I stay, I let the tide rise against me.

I need to go, I need to grow.
If there is anything you wish to do,
Promise to meet me at the end of my journey,
And accept the person I am going to be.