The Warrior

You're the story I tell

You're the reason I fell

I could never get well

Being reminded there's no happy without you.

In every life moment

I felt the opponent

Owed constant atonement

Being reminded there's no happy without you.

Could only hear what you said

All decisions you led

Always loud in my head

Being reminded there's no happy without you.

Then I was forced to turn

To see the bridge I wouldn't burn

Given a hand up to learn

Was I someone who could be happy without you?

My thoughts were corrected

No longer dejected

I was finally protected

And could see being happy without you.

I learned to fight

To stand for what's right

To remain in the light

I experienced happy without you.

It isn't constant joy

That belief will destroy

Resentment will deploy

It stops me being happy without you.

How I now feel

It's sometimes surreal

I will never conceal

How happy I am now without you.

I never could see

That I could be free

And now I love me

Without you.

*Warriors get wounded. They need the help to heal those wounds in order to be healthy again, fight another day, and have their wits about them in battle. Wound severity is a spectrum, but the smallest wound can lead to infection.

Mental health matters and can be the biggest battle one can face. If you have been through a trauma, please be assessed for PTSD.*