it changed me

Never the Same

By: the iHope Poet

we had a chance to let it go,

there was a moment to move on --

and after all the pain we've seen,

all the wrong things that we've been

-- perhaps the hope has come and gone

perhaps, we did just let it go. 

the sky was black, as were our hearts, 

our innocence became no more --

but we stood fast, and tried to see

the paths that led to victory 

-- and though we had to fight the war,

at least we know, it changed our hearts. 

today we live with wounds and scars,

and yes, our past is dark and bleak.

we had a chance to walk away,

yet now we stand and here we stay. 

the blackness that would make us weak, 

is lost beneath our withered scars

sometimes, the things we cannot change

will end up changing us instead;
so, now our souls are firm and strong
we are the roots of change, life-long;
and we're still shifting, thread by thread.
No, we will never be the same. 

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