Look At Me Now

Look at me now

Look at me now

I can move without your help

I can be who I really am inside

You held me back

Drowning me in fear

Now I’m stepping out of my cage

And running free

Free from everything you wanted me to be

Now I can just be me

I feel happy now

Having control again

My life is mine

I don’t expect you to understand

I don’t want you to drag me down

And bring me back to the past

I’m living now

Moving forward with my life

Instead of being stuck in place

Where you had kept me

Just let me find myself

Everything is different now

I have opened my eyes

Seeing everything in a new light

This is where I want to be

Don’t try to take this from me

I’m stronger now

I won’t lose myself

Like I did before

I’m not crying anymore

I’m truly smiling

For the first time

In a very long time

Look at me now

You won’t see who was there before

I broke free

And now I’m who I want to be

© Christie Cote

September 27,2009