My Life I Claim

Light and noise overpower my life

I pick up my pen and lay words upon the page

I feel my anger,

I feel my rage

I empty my baggage

I expose my waste

I hold my head up high

I set the pace

I enter the race

The race of time, the race I now claim - as mine

I found the courage to take that step  

To step beyond that that was because I choose not just because

With my pen and paper I thee shout

I do not need to explain my pain

but with these words I release the shame 

It does not matter if you know not my name 

for it is me who takes back my life

I no longer need to hold that knife

These pills I now flush down the drain

I face the world 

I am whole and with courage and strength I have control

a message now I pass to you

May you find this courage that is deep in your soul 

Find what you need so you too are whole.