Seven Years

It took me seven years

To realize

The words in my mind

Were too deep for

My mouth to dig up

I thought it was easier

To open my skin

And let the truth

Pour down my arms

It took me seven years

To realize

Nobody should be allowed

To touch parts

Of your home

Or hold pieces 

Of your heart

That you don't yet understand

It took me seven years

To realize

I will wear these scars

Forever

I'll carry them

Through every smile

Every kiss

Every concerned gaze

I'll carry them

To my grave

It took me seven years

To realize

The pain carved

Into the walls

Of my castle

Etchings of

Attempting to disappear

Are not a story of weakness

But a tale of

How I survived