Pieces of My Life

What would I look like

if it were all given back

the years that were wasted

in a life gone off track?



Tell me, who would I be

if the clock could rewind

and the pain that was suffered

could no longer remind?



How would life be

if the past were erased

Would I finally be happy

and somehow feel safe?



Or what if I let

all those yesterdays go

and simply stopped counting

each heartbreaking blow?



But, who would I be

if not this victim of pain

holding onto each sorrow

calling each one by name?



What does it mean

to be truly set free

to live without sadness

to be comfortable with me?



And what would it feel like

if love didn't bite

if nobody hit

and there was no cause to fight?



I think I would fly

if given the chance

free to laugh

free to dance



My beauty would shine

and come from within

The past safely behind me

so life can begin



I could look in the mirror

and not be afraid

Haunting words from the past

no longer degrade



Once a victim...now strong

my strength is the key

Permission now granted

it's okay to be me



I walked through a fire

Once dead, now alive

I fought my own war

and can say I survived



Once I was silent

but my voice is now heard

And someone is listening

to every small word



Pieces once broken

now find a safe place

a soul on the mend

healed by God's grace



Though alone, I know peace

and life has new meaning

Faith is restored

and I'm comfortable just being



I think that I like

this woman made new

no longer in pain

to herself being true



And what a surprise

to finally see

that the woman I admire

is me