Dry your eyes love,

We’re going to be fine,

Pack a bag for twenty years into time.

Say goodbye to those

Awful nights,

Lying awake

Too scared to breathe ,

Face in our tattered pillow, muffling out our screams.

Dreams of a better life

Still far away,

We will break a dozen more times

Before, we can laugh

And say ‘yeah I’m okay’

You were strong back then

despite her harsh words,

Razor blade kisses were never the answer,

but it was better than the burn,

In our core,

never being good enough,

Slammed on the floor,

We were always too fat, too stupid,

‘you’ll never amount to anything’

Hold on just awhile longer

Soon we will spread our wings.

Fear not little me,

It took us a while

To break open that crooked smile,

My God, it’s wild!

Just don’t give up

The sun will come out soon,

And all those hopes and promises

We imagined

Will come into full bloom.

Blossom, you will,

Like a dark phoenix

You’ll rise,

Rose from the ashes

Only dawn brings,

You’ll shine brighter

Than a thousand fallen stars

Yes, it was hard

Yes, it was rough

In the end,

We really were enough.