Insidious steps once walked my path

Each shadow created revealed a new sin

I know the beast once followed me

Enabled me for the longest time to be free

Bound and chained to the world, a new slave

Limited were the powers invested in me

Daily constricted by my internal suffering

The solitude is what for so long imprisoned me

Fear of you, fear of the person that starred back at me

Acting out a script set before me on a stage

So much hatred locked tightly away,

A new scar formed each and every day

Revealed all my shame and dismay

Bandages covered the arms that for the longest time ran bloody

This life I lived is one I wanted to end

No reason to be, my purpose yet to be seen



In remembrance of you

This weakness Ill cast away

The insecurities, the hate, the anger that once dwelled in me

Into the fire they shall stay

And burn through the strength of the bond we have made

All the inspiration I ever needed was dwelling in me

These walls Ill tear down and meet you face to face

No longer torn between myself and yesterdays mistakes



With determination I learned to carry on

Through perseverance I learned to overcome

I rose from the weakness that once closed me in

Buried the past and made way for today

Life is what Im living, I refuse to let the enemy win

This life a daily reminder of the choices I have made



I broke through the shackles,

I peeled away the layers of dead skin

And found the beauty that was hidden within

A new sense of self has been established

And I no longer feel ashamed of the person I am today

Loving life for the first time and not afraid to show it

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