After the Warredux

(ahhhh) I learned to walk where shadows fall,

With a heart behind a wall.

Every scar became a warning,

Every night became a battlefield.

I wore the colors of the ones

Who taught me how to overcome.

I never questioned where I stood,

I only did what soldiers should.

But somewhere underneath the armor,

Something whispered, "There's more."

A voice I couldn't silence,

Like I'd heard it all before.

I don't belong to the war

anymore.

I won't be what I was before.

I've carried every broken piece,

Now I'm finally finding peace.

I won't run from yesterday.

I won't let it choose my way.

If the past is knocking at my door,

I'll leave it standing there.

I don't belong to the war

anymore. I

built my walls and called them strength,

Kept everyone a mile away.

Then someone stayed beside me,

And showed me I could choose another way.

I remember every loss.

I remember every name.

But I am not the battlefield.

I am not the fear.

I've got a spark still burning.

I've got a road ahead.

Maybe surviving wasn't the ending.

Maybe it was the beginning. I

don't belong to the war

anymore.

I'm not afraid of what comes next.

The past will always be a part of me,

But it doesn't own me anymore. (anymore...)