The Cracks

There's a ripple effect deep within

So many stories interwoven

Beaten and broken for love

Cast aside and hated for growth

Change comes and with it comes snickers and stares

Love—we search for in the cracks of our mistakes, our losses

Scars become markers For our journey

Our journey

To happiness

To freedom

To peace

Don't say you'll pray for me when you don't even love me

Don't say you forgive me when you make no effort to come

Don't say you'll always be here when you're only around for the up and up

I'm down deep in the cracks

Looking for myself I'm lost in the crevices of my memories

A maze with no exit

Running, searching for light

A piece of freedom

A glimpse of hope

The cracks are not curses for they are my escape

My fingers grind through the concrete wall of my fears and insecurities

These words look for a little light

These cracks become my outlet

These scars on my heart become room for oxygen to seep in

Your lies, your rumors no longer seal me in

No!

I rise from the cracks

I rise from you