The freedom that is within our reach

Seems so far away

It is near us but grasping it

Can easily escape

Sometimes we find ourselves

Trapped inside this “shell”

That holds us in and shields

Us from the fear we hold inside

We are uncertain of what’s to happen

In the world that’s outside

We wish to know

But hope we won’t

Come out of our shell

Because we feel safe

As of right now

If I shatter

Will I be fine?

Can I be able to fly on my own?

Use these wings that have been broken before?

Questions arise

I’m still shielded inside

When will I shatter?

And break this cycle forever…

Where can I hear my own voice?

The roar that has been in me all along

The roar that yields to come out

The roar that tells you I am louder than you think

Instead, it is replaced with my silent scream

This silent scream is nothing

But emotions that have been built up

That have been suppressed and ignored by own self

This is how I have built my own shell

The shell that has held me

From the freedom I need

But mama has told me, that I won’t be here for too long

She told me, one day there will come change

But change is not always a bad thing

It just means a new beginning ahead of you

I believe what mama had told me is true

It is my own decision

If I decide to “awake” myself into life

To awake myself into knowing that everything

Will be fine

Just as mama told me

Every day she told me…