Moving on.

Nervous laughter and fake smiles,
Take my place and walk a mile,
Or take my hand and walk with me.
Can’t you see it hurts for me to breathe?
Wanting to break free from the bondage,
As I hold my own self hostage.
This life of bad luck has kept me stuck.
Lost and wandering in the past,
I’ve been the lead actor in this cast.
Acting as if, while I’m dying inside,
I always felt I’ve been denied.
Don’t you know it’s a lonely place?
I’m falling apart, with a smile upon my face.
Wanting to be just me, wanting to walk free,
From the pain and overwhelming shame,
That has taken over my very being.
As the past has kept me from clearly seeing,
I want to step forward without a delay,
I want to be free from this role I play.
Can you see it now, why I walk with my head down?
I just want to be, with honesty, and be just me.
Take me by the hand, to an unfamiliar land,
Where I can breathe with ease, relieved,
That reality is not so bad, right here and right now.
Set me free from this pain and shame.
Look deep in my eyes, with no more lies.
Tell me I no longer have to hide,
And I have the right to decide.
Wanting to rise above, worthy of love,
I’m setting myself free from this chain.
Free from the past pain, no more shame.
I can now see clearly, with reality in front of me.