I shed my skin

I shed my skin
So I could feel the light, 
To remove all the scars of hate, 
Maybe that’ll brighten my fate, 
Out of nightmares come dreams, 
Met my dream man,
Ecstasy, harmony, 
All that nonsense

Turned out to be just nonsense,
Too sad he turned out to be just a dream 
My sons growing older, 
And I’m afraid I won’t be there for him when I’m old

I shed my skin so I could feel new
So I could start anew 
So I could forget about you 
So I could look in the mirror without feeling violated, I’m so mutulated, inside, I know there’s no other way out.

Father to my son, 
Blur to my memory of when times were good, 
All those violent moods, 
Bruises and contusions inside and out of when 
You came home mad at me finding a w***e, 
I can’t take it anymore,

Hopelessness is my address,
You’ll find me at the intersections of 
Depression and despair
Crying into God to see if he could answer my prayer, 
I soon wondered if there was anybody alive out there,

Maybe if I shed my skin I can erase
All the hate
I can start again, 

Reborn from the ashes,

There’s hope there after all, 
She may be far out, but she’s there, 
Always looking for me, 
She’s got the key to open the antidote, 
And now I’ll be able to quote
“I can shed my skin! To find life… Anew”

Reviews

[Terrence Chang]

Well written piece rouge. I liked the metaphor of the shedding skin