Steps

With every step I take
The pain persists
The people around me
Are unconscious fists

The nightmares I endure
Have become real
It’s time that we
Help to heal

And I’ll never be the same
But at least the fleeting despair
Has put me through the shame
That I am ready to dare
To live

I bear the pain and the things I carry
Take it day by day
With candid response
I’ll go my own way

I’m ready to live
I’m ready to fight
I’m ready to be in the world tonight

And the distance we share
Has brought through it all
Existence
Existence
Existence
We are all still in existence.