POEM of the day ~ My Fight Song

September 2018

Still working on the rebuilding….

April 2018 (From my old blog)

Looks like I lived an illusion. A secure illusion. That thing that people do. What we all do. But that feeling that all is wrong did not go away. It made me ill. Literally. And now I stand in front of the rubble of a life that could have been if I weren’t who I am.

But I am who I am. And it looks like I learned a couple of things. I write them again even if I repeat myself. Trust your gut. It told me that these people I worked with were all false. It also told me that my mental health has not so much to do with my past anymore.

I am not made to work for someone whom I do not respect. I am also not made to just do what I am told. But I let life make me into someone who does not trust herself and her innate power. Now its time to fight back and make my life right.

Many have told me in the last couple of weeks that I am courageous. It does not feel like it. It feels like a woman has to do what a woman has to do and I should have done it a long time ago. I didn’t. That’s my problem. I learn. I change. I let life lead me to where I should be. Planning has never worked out. I have enough of plans and blame and hypocrites. Most of all hypocrites. But that’s another story.

 

My Fight Song

These illusions

came crumbling down.

 

I

 

was ready

at last.

 

These Illusions

came tumbling down.

 

I

 

get up

and rebuild

 

These illusions

came falling down.

 

I

fight back

at last.

 

Fight Song

 

Rachel Platten

 

Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
Losing friends and I’m chasing sleep
Everybody’s worried about me
In too deep
Say I’m in too deep (in too deep)
And it’s been two years I miss my home
But there’s a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe
And all those things I didn’t say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I’m alright song
My power’s turned on
Starting right now I’ll be strong (I’ll be strong)
I’ll play my fight song
And I don’t really care if nobody else believes
‘Cause I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me
Know I’ve still got a lot of fight left in me

 

Songwriters: Dave Bassett / Rachel Platten

 

Fight Song lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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