So innocent I’ve been
gazing at the world
with endless possibilities
a vision clouded
by another’s bliss

I’m no longer who I was
and what I now behold
merely drifting
away from right
away from reason

Once I was all of you
and you all could be me
My feet found my own path
silently unknown
safe and undisgraced
still untouched by any testimony

I have been to where I shouldn’t have
an echo of before
you made me wander
looking for rest
and finding only chaos

So I wander evermore
In your shadow I was hidden
I hide
From all the pain
and all the shame you made me feel
From where I’ve been
and how I’ll never fully heal
I hide

Once I was all of you
and you all could be me
My feet found my own path
silently unknown
safe and undisgraced
still untouched by any testimony

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