I have learnt to be strong
to stand tall amongst my peers with pride
lifting the weight of life from their shoulders
and claiming their burden as my own,
though this was never whom I was meant to be…
for I was born a gentle soul with a gentle heart
without any understanding of hate and anger
with a smile that shone out into the night
and lit every corner of the darkness
but the darkness grew stronger as I grew older
until I was left alone and lost in a wilderness of fear
with only demons to guide me
with no one to hold me…
so I have learnt to be strong
to fight off my demons
to conquer the fear born inside
but the price that I paid fighting lost battles
left nothing of me to hold onto.
