So close, but so far.

So clear, yet so blurred.

I stand on my two feet, yet my arms

are flailing.

Invincible to my peers, yet so

very vulnerable.

Once strong, now helpless.

 

I flew in the vast skies,

until I was dumped into sinking quicksand.

These bonds of ours--

Taken for granted,

scoffed at,

thrown down into the deepest pits of the

blackest hearts.

 

Raise my hands

upwards to triumph

for I’ve shed your

shell, my innermost

beliefs shining through

to face the sun, the stars,

where I’ve made my place:

the world.

 

Rejoice, for my worries

have been placated.

My loved ones are my solace

and my dreams are my motivation.

I shall stand. I shall stay.