I wont belong

because i know I’m stronger on my own

to have you stand on the side lines

and have me justify myself to you seems incredibly dumb

it just leaves me punctured and numb

i am my own person

i am a loner

i am more than a mortal coil

and i wont be held down by you

i am my own creator of self

i create my own empty twists

on this superficial time line

only because i was forced to exist

the sun sets over a thousand plains

and you’re the one constantly raking my words up

with unconscious disdain

the battle you are forcing me to toy with

is receding and i am left pleading

for you to just go away

i am the broken fears

i am the hatred formed from your tears

in this solitude i am my own disaster

i am my enemies

they resentfully speak through me

i am the demons forcing their way from your mind

in tales and all your nightmares combined

yet, i am my own torch

i am the inventive rays

i am the gratitude of verse

the moon scorches my back

and wishes away the real me

i am the shadow cast

i am the snake in the grass

i am the homecoming to all my forsaken memories

i am the footprints that have carried on

where yours have since faded

i am the epitome of darkness revealing

lucid breathing effortlessly upon the light

so do make sure that your opinion

that you’ve treaded on egg shells to make

is your very last