Sunlight and Shadows


Hard Pressed

I am fighting

Fighting a war I didn’t begin

Fighting a battle from within

Fighting and determined to win

I was a prisoner

A prisoner of a troubled past

A prisoner of the role I was cast

A prisoner but not the last

I am fighting

Fighting to escape tyranny

Fighting for who I was meant to be

Fighting hard for victory

I will be free

Free to love without demand

Free to give a helping hand

Free to take my own true stand

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