Not Anymore

Feels like I’m burning from the inside out.

In pain from all the misery and doubt.

Why, why, do you do this to yourself?

After everything else, in your life, you have felt.

It’s okay to be vulnerable, it’s okay to smile.

Everyone gives in every once in a while.

No, I can’t, I won’t, I refuse.

This is a battle,

I cannot lose.

They will not win.

I can control this fire burning within.

No one will ever be able to say,

They made me cry once more.

Too many take credit,

For that before.

I live with regret, heartache and fear.

But, not anymore.

I have dried all my tears.