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Finally Free

November 20, 2019
By Onik_Siddique BRONZE, Bronx, New York
Onik_Siddique BRONZE, Bronx, New York
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I was happy


My family was wonderful

My friends were the best

They always had my back

That I can attest


Funny how life can change all that


Aren’t families supposed to stick together?

Aren’t they supposed to stay by your side?

If that’s so true

Then what the f*** happened to mine?


I grew up, no longer naive

Think you can manipulate me? 

Order me around? F*** that

Your words are something I used to believe


I was in a dark place

And guess who put me there?

I had no one,

my only friend was Despair


Finally made the climb out of Hell

Didn’t take days, took years

But now I finally feel well

Because now I have nothing to fear

But fear itself


Oh, you thought you could break me?

Turn me back to who I used to be?

Think again 


Because now


I’m finally free


The author's comments:

A poem to celebrate freedom obtained through the painful process of maturation. The naïveté and credulous optimism of the first verses are contraposed with a cynic realism in the last verses. 


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