Do you remember

Your eyes, your smile
your voice
I have it all

waking up looking in that mirror
reflecting something only to have lost

young and hopeful
thinking it would all change
the hurt, the worry, the pain

one time in life
i was nothing but a scar you left in this world

one time in life i was a Burdon you'd drag along side
remember?

one time in life i was that cry out you shut down
remember?
he hit you
i was there
do you remember?

he hurt you
i was there
do you remember?

he changed you
i was there
i know you remember...

I lost you
and yet i was there
I remember...

the heart inside me still beats
yet never lost the scars you left behind

that feeling
never achieving what you wanted

first spelling bee i needed you
you smiled at him

being bullied, i needed you
you smiled at him

first dance i needed you
you smiled at him

first kiss i needed you
you smiled at him

first date
first love
first heartbreak

shoved in the ring
forced to compete
i fought...I lost
i needed you only to have lost to him

one beating heart
you chose to lose
for
thousands of them
you hardly knew

but now

i have spread my wings
i have set you free

emotionally removed each scar you left behind
im new, no longer part of you

im me

I may have the same eyes, smile and voice

but they belong to me for i have
set you free

no longer needing you

opening the door
spreading my wings
i fly...