STRONG

They always tell you, you are strong
Time and again
While you know they are dead wrong
Through your pain


You never had a decent choice
Had to disappear
No free will, no life, no voice
Just hurt and fear


You never knew the tiger in you
He slept too long
Until he roared you had no clue
You became so strong


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With searing rage you flee the cage
You free your mind
And let despair turn into rage
And then you find


There is a world outside that hell
For you to roam
To turn into stories you can tell
You can go home


They used to tell you, you are strong
Time and again
And now you know they were not wrong
You beat your pain


© Darren White