"Born Again"

[anfstud]

There was a time
I was consumed by fire
From the inside
I had died
Forgetting all I am
Only knowing how to cry.

Ashamed to be alive
Afraid this would be
The way that I would die
Never
I won't be the victim
Of a life composed of lies
Never

The fire emblazoned upon my skin
The markings of a different me
Which claimed to lie within
Then, eyes closed, head down
I rose
Covered in the ashes I once called my home

These pains, these scars, these
Unfamiliar bruises
All with a purpose
All with different uses

That which was kind
Has turned to no remorse
That which was once broken
Has suddenly changed course
That which was once beautiful
Has now become abstract
That which once was myth
Has now become a fact
Goodbye to the life I've left behind
Hello to the new you
Born again from the inside.