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Becoming My Own Hero
When I was young,
I walked across a thin line.
A different song danced on my tongue,
I left my past behind,
And dragged my pain and woes
To voyage out on my own.
Now I have nowhere else to go,
So I walk straight into the unknown.
Society might try to chain me down
But it’s won’t work.
I burned their effect to the ground.
I won’t go back.
I set myself free,
I made a new me.
And now you can’t do anything.
When I was 6,
I was called weak,
But I learned what made my bullies tick.
And I stopped being meek.
After I cried,
I wiped my tears,
I looked to the sky,
And I stopped my fear.
I gathered my courage,
I began to hate.
And I transformed my hurt to rage…
For heroes don’t come if you wait.
So I walked away
And turned to a new page.
I wrote my own book.
I stopped trying to be okay,
And left my past shook.
And now I’m so much more.
The world won’t know what hit it.
I’m not who I was before.
I will show them bit by bit…
How you can start as a zero…
And despite others derision,
Turn into a hero
And make your own decisions.
Wait for my turn
I will make the world watch
As their biases burn.
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