As I sift through the ashes

there's not much to save

My heart has grown weary

My memory is scathed

It's a bittersweet pill

I gag at the taste

I swallow it whole

and digest it for days

It's never that easy

To let it all go

It builds up inside me

while I prepare to implode

Mountains will crumble

into the sea

as rivers overflow

within me

and leave me betrayed

and besieged

Repressed memories

overtake me

I sink down

and almost drown

It's a perilous journey

with no time to back down

The rebel within me

Is now a warrior and strong

I'll surrender to no one

and win this war on my own

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