Battle-Scarred

may be you are battle-scarred

from the constant need to define 

who you are 

in a world keen deeming a star 

and one day, you set yourself free 

from all the yokes 

and the never ending need to fit in 

and live life on your rules 

but then the constant pursuit of 

people seeking to rob you 

your hard earned happiness 

grate your already weary soul 

We'll Meet Again

we'll meet again 

in a positively hopeless place 

a place where we'll have 

forgotten 

what it means to dream 

and the past pains that clung to us 

like leeches they were 

will become a cherished part of 

our existence 

and the scars, both palpable 

and impalpable

will become emblems 

of who we are 

or who we never became