i remember all the promises you told me
you will make a name for yourself
all of your efforts will pay off
i will always be proud of you
with a proud grin and shiny eyes,
filled with ambition, i believed you.
your words, those promises became an impenetrable armour.
without realising it, some of your vows began to crumble
they rusted off and i had to slowly get rid of that armour
try as i did, i thought i was still invincible, even with only a scrap of metal left on my chest
but once that scrap was weathered off me, i could not keep up
my proud grin; it'd became harder down the road to genuinely smile
and came as a welcome once i let my face muscles relax
that lustre in my eyes had faded too like a blown out candle
naked and confused, i questioned why you would build me so high
only to allow me to become nothing
i had to rebuild myself.
searching, i found bits and pieces of the declarations you had used
to gas me up and created something new
it was not only your words though, i added my own
you had fallen, but risen into a new you
* keep moving forward
i didn't rebuild that armour; all it had down was weigh me down
so i created a shield
and in that centre of that lay words i don't think i could ever get rid of
i will always be proud of you