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I Am A Badass
And for that I can be proud
I’m aware that I don’t know everything about life
But I can attest to this — there was many a time,
When I have definitely kicked life’s ass, so literally
And times when life has successfully kicked mine.
There were even a few times when down and out
That I would have happily chosen death over living,
When I could not imagine my own life continuing
Learning that life was tough and very unforgiving.
But then I’d find my fight, the strength I needed
When death would come knocking on my door,
It was then that I realised I had much to live for
And my dance with death was one I deplore.
Still there were times when I was my own enemy
I successfully sabotaged my life again and again,
I grew to know and love the darkness intimately
Until I soon realised it was the source of my pain.
If you could trace all my scars, from head to toe
You’d soon learn my body was the battleground,
There’s a story for every scar, every horrid torment
Some heard me scream, others not utter a sound.
