A World Ahead -

Confined with no space to speak.

Build up the skin to hide what composes me.

I see the path my soles are worn and filled with mud.

The needle threads.

An image of beasts marching in heroic certainty.

I am the tiger.

A gem among a world of stone.

I won’t be mastered by what holds me down.

My quiet hands shuffling undetected.

Where is my affirmation to make more out of this.

To live a life worth while.

I am the tiger.

A gem among a world of stone.

I won’t be mastered by what holds me down.

I am the tiger (among a world of stone)

I am the tiger (among a world of stone)

My hands pushed under the weight of my mistakes and doubts.

Dreams and hopes pushed aside.

I can’t live a life for someone else.

I am a gem among a world of stone.

I am the beast on the tapestry

I am the courage that the needle sews

My life comes first.

Put fear aside.

Don’t look back.

The relief from pressure set me free.

Hold my head high.

I won’t let this shift sway me.

Hold strong.

I can create the life I underestimated for so long.

For me to write the lines.

I now see the world that lies ahead.

The world that lies ahead for me.

I am the gem.

I am the tiger.

I am the courage.

My life comes first.

I am the gem.

I am the tiger.

I am the courage.

My life comes first.