A SURRENDERED WARRIOR [SEQUEL TO SHADOWS] Seasons come and go, But whatever I believed made me still hope, Days I wanted to give you up, A silent whisper echoed Not yet.... but now I've tried, and I've tried and tried and tried and tried. They say 1+1=2, Yes, and that's the same results I always get, Pushed into the shadows like I was a plague, Yet my heart did not give up. I searched for answers, But the voice came again, And said, "You are the answer." So I still held on, Believing oneday, we might sit together on the wall and laugh again like old times. I swallowed my pain like a drug, Every day whenever you ran past me, I wondered what I carried on my skin to be ignored As young as I was, I dreamt of days of reconciliation, But now, i realize that had not been written in the stars, So it's time for me to give up, My strength for the fight has been quenched out like a fire 🔥, A warrior I am, Yes, I am a warrior I fight with my all when I care, But now, I've been pushed off the cliff so many times, And the flame that once burned to fight has dimmed, I'm too tired, so I now surrender, Knowing that I fought a good fight, I'm forging my own path, Lessons now etched at the corners of my mind, a resilient spirit now so strong, And I look forward to the most High to give me the strength to fight the battles I'm yet to face, The uncertainty of friendships that lingers in the shadows yet unborn, To stand up for the ones I care about, To be there like I never left, And to give my all, To re-groom me back to the Warrior I once was, Standing stronger like David, And emerging unfazed like the Israelites who crossed the red sea. #unspoken words # A true warrior #a surrendered warrior #resilience #love and determination Book title: Diaries of an introvert @Rammy_the_poet