So many changes, for just one life

Like so many cuts from just one knife.

Some really hurt me, some helped me grow,

Some of them held me, behind and below.

Behind and below, where I lived most of me,

behind and below, running hard to be free.

Held down by feelings, I couldn’t show,

So here I hold me, behind and below.

The chains that bound me, I put there myself,

It was my own hand that put me on the shelf.

Afraid of my own fear, I couldn’t let go.

I held myself captive, behind and below.

Behind and below, where I lived most of me.

Behind and below, trying hard to get free.

Held down by feelings, I didn’t know,

I looked for and found me, behind and below.