You never saw me
Abandoned in the snow
Ripped away from sea
No pride left to show
Curled into my wounds
Nursing anger so strong
Stitched up but ruined
Didn't want to belong
Determined to conquer
I'd show them destruction
Their puppet no longer
Freed by hatred's seduction
But they never saw me
Feel a new kind of pain
"I" was weaker than "we"
So I took on a new strain
Driven to my knees
By the anger that I loved
Couldn't let you see
Couldn't be what I was
So I tore out the decayed
Forced myself open, didn't shut
And learned to heal the right way
I'm not just patched up.
Author notes
It was hard and now I'm better. Any questions?
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