I never thought that I had to fight for freedom
Until my mind started to handcuff me to my thoughts.
And when I tried to sort through the vault of my memories,
I ended up getting lost in pain and regret.
And when the alarm sounded, it was too late.
Before I knew it, I was in the back of the police car of my emotions.
The sirens screamed, guilty, guilty, guilty.
I closed my eyes to regain focus,
but only to open them again to the place I called prison.
There was no one around me.
The darkness tried to become my friend,
But all it kept telling me to give up.
The tiny light in the distance tried to cheer me up,
But it was too small to do anything.
Although it sat there quietly, it never left.
Tears started rolling down my face, telling me that this wasn’t the end.
So, the more I cried, the stronger I felt.
The tears soothed me, and I finally fell asleep
I dreamt of the life that I wanted to live.
I dreamt of freedom
It was a sunny day that I called peace.
The grass was green, beautiful flowers everywhere.
The air smelled of victory.
I laid down in the grass, looking up to a sky without limits.
Time stood still. Then a moment later,
Clouds of doubt started to come my way,
and the sky started to change from hope to uncertain gloom.
The rain started to fall, and it filled the flaws that I tried to hide.
At that moment, the lightning of reality struck, and I woke up.
This is the part that I hated.
Give up the darkness said, and it got louder and louder.
I couldn’t take it anymore, so I started to shout.
I started to shout to drown it out, and I kept saying, “You don’t know me”
As I shouted, the tiny light in the distance that was so small,
started to get bigger and bigger.
As the darkness faded away,
So did the walls of defeat start to crumble in my mind.
The power of my voice was the tool I used,
To break free from the handcuffs of my burdens.
And as I walked out of the prison of my unworthiness,
I ended up in the light of my purpose.
I AM FREE….