Inspired by Demi Lovato

You say you are a warrior and got thicker skin  
While some say you may be done and finished  
Forever, but then you have risen from the ashes,  
Reappearing from the smoke like a skyscraper.  
After so many burns, car collisions and crashes  
You show strength. You are far from being paper
 
Or razor thin when you show that a strong storm  
Can never knock you down. Let us all normalize  
Bruises and scars because they tell us a story not  
Because they show your weaknesses. You keep  
Using your voice to speak up as you always fought  
Your way in to see the light and never fell asleep  
 
At the wheel. Your eyes were always watching  
The horizon, hoping for some of the splotching  
To disappear and waiting for a miracle to save  
You from dying because you were on your last  
Breath, but not ready to put dirt over your grave  
Yet. I always prayed for your dusty and overcast  
 
Skies to vanish completely so courage and hope  
Can shine through the darkness as you still grope  
With your innermost demons. They only observe  
As you bleed from the inside out. They only see  
You struggle to find yourself among the curves  
And rocks. They do not care if you get lost at sea  
 
Or use lyrics to point out injustice across the world.  
To them you should have stayed quiet and curled  
Up like a flag we kneel to. We march in the streets  
 So our voices are heard among the tears and rain.  
Haven’t we all suffered enough? When one eats  
In comfort another is not hungry for personal gain,  
 
But for food, shelter and justice. In a world where  
Many people simply hate you for who you share  
Your love with or how you pray or for the color  
Of your skin, continue to be the beacon of change  
And shining love you wish to see. Be a little taller  
In the way you walk. Be the broad mountain range  
 
No one, but the fearful people are afraid to climb.  
Continue to be louder than the quiet windchime  
That is never heard except when the wind blows  
Through the quiet sky. It is okay to still pray for  
All your enemies as your soul once again grows  
 Strong. What waits on the other side of the door  
 
For you and everyone else that has the valor and  
Courage is prosperity. Your soft body and hands  
Hold more determination that what you realize.  
Your reason to live your life outweighs the bad.  
Someday someone else will hold up the skies  
With their determination. You are simply mad  
 
Because the world decided to give you its aches,  
But you still have the power to put on the brakes  
When the world is moving too fast. You still have  
The ability to be who you are in a world full of  
All the pretenders. You walk down the avenue  
With a heart made of gold and full with love.  
 
 
 
 
 
Inspired by “Commander In Chief” by Demi Lovato  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DzJU35XwRM,  
“Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWZMlQT65E,  
And “Warrior” by Demi Lovato  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQzzQfBPG4