Alone & Free

My mind is clear,
my heart is open.

What once was is gone,
just a token
of where I was
and how I had broken,
but I have overcome the fights against me.

I have overcome and feel free of doubt,
I've conquered the pain that made me
once scream,
once shout.

I stand above and look around me,
and feel that I am alone,
there is no longer we.

This fact should hurt, should stab and burn,
but this realization has only helped me learn.

I am me, alone and at peace.
I am free, not burdened by a need to please
those who hold me in their arms, who touch and tell me I am safe,
as though their reassurance was a necessity of my peace.

I stand above and look around,
I am alone, my feet on the ground.
I'm standing strong, with grace and poise.
I stand strong for me, this time is mine to enjoy.