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May 2018
Today may crush me
But there is always still tomorrow
A future i can change
Somewhere i can do better
But without today
There isn't a tomorrow
In that tomorrow i can fix myself
Fix this rift, this hole
That breaks me deep down
I can change what i will become
Even if the past is irreversible
With all the bridges burned
All the doors viciously slammed shut
I know now I must build more, open more
Open myself to this world
Even if I'm simply human
And I make mistakes
I can prove my heart still drive me
Even if you won't love me
I plan to change this world
Starting with myself...
One step forward and two steps back
That's how it had always been
But I will break away
Break the chains that had bound me
So that those steps forward count again.
To make more than just a small difference
To grow and adjust myself
To create the best me possible
So even if you slip away
Leave me here amongst the ashes of our bridges
Then i know you'd have changed me for the better
So let me say now that I refuse
Refuse to go back to the monster i was
So even if i can never see you again
You would have left your mark on me
Taught me the values of love
Showed me the flaws in myself
But most importantly you showed me I can love again
So if this is the end
Then let me tell you how grateful I am
For you, for your ability to have touched my life.
So even if our bridges and doors have shut
And i choke on what could have been
Then at least i can say you have saved me.
How you cured me of my apathy towards my own life
How you had fixed my shattered heart.
So thank you for everything
Thank you for never giving up on me
And know, you'll always have a piece of me.
You'll always have that part of my heart you had filled.
So I'm sorry for causing the ash and dust
For burning the bridges out of my own guilt and grief
So I understand if you tear away for good
At least I know you would live a happy life
Wherever it would take you
Even if it wasn't a life that included me
But at least i would be a better man in the end.
Written by
Tristen L  20/M/Texas
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