Shedding

I am inside looking out
I am outside looking in
I am crawling, crawling slowly
out of my dead skin

This fear is overwhelming
This pain is hard to bear
But every time I try to leave
I end up right back here

So what are you trying to tell me?
Why won’t you let me be?
If you’re saying I belong here
Well, at least let me be free

Some people hate my choices
They swear they are ungodly
but they choose to swiftly judge
and then move to crucify me

I’m unable to forget
though committing to outlive
Remembering that strength within
hardens for our tears

I am walking down this rocky road
Kicking up dirt and stones
No need to look around
There’re no footprints but my own