When I'm alone I feel free I feel so free That I can just be me
When I.m not alone I feel constricted I feel so constricted That I can hardly breathe
But when I'm with you I feel everything I feel so much of everything That I can finally see My stone soul softens My singular words become sentences My steady breath quickens My still heart beats again When I'm with you I finally feel alive
They aren't just scars. They are the demons I fought at 3 am. They are my insecurities, my deepest fears, and my lonely nights. They are the insults I have received and the emotions I cant contain. They are a part of me and are what I have become.
something a friend said to me struck me pretty hard and after much mulling produced this. using the universal 'you' here, because I'm talking about me, really.