Written by Marielle Iarathelle Trinidad

I was bound by the letters chained to my neck,

Choked up and restless all days in a week

With all the words you threw to me easily

And there was no way to get out wholly

Hell was better than the years of my youth

Where everything only went down south

And still plagued with every single comment

Even praises that no one even really meant

Murmurs of everything they hated about me

Bittersweet kisses out of the need they see

Across the fields, where only evils play 

Lambs who were fooled were left to pray

Promises were written into the thin air

I remember all the fake smiles they wear

Across the blue skies was cursed fate

The only things I left behind were regrets

Through the hands of a few and my heart

I had the strength to finally face the start

Days and memories with the void of the past

Started blurring out, and the die is now cast

Now facing a maroon sky, with lush green trees

With a kinder warm hug, I finally feel I am free

I might have kept their words for a long ride

But my home and peace will be by my side

I claim my long forgotten self, I can finally climb

I can spread the peace without losing a limb

I am no more the little one, my tears dried up

I’m taking charge, and it’s now time to stop