She is unstoppable.
Send a mountain her way
And she'll climb with avidity.
She doesn't even blink
In the midst of a hurricane.
Her words are love.
They envelope you in warmth.
Keeping you safe, she does.
She's a fighter.
She is strong.
She can bend your will
With a cusp glance.
She's overcome more difficulties
Than you can imagine.
She is unstoppable.
She is.

Pick your battles,
They said.
Well,
Most of my battles
Turn into wars.
I rip myself apart,
My demons grow stronger.
The opposing side makes their battle cry
As I brace for defeat.
Fear.
Loneliness.
It's all inside.
Pick your battles,
They said.

The choice for me sits awaiting.
My indecisive mind, still debating.
The choice is mine to partake,
Forgetting the things that are at stake.
Life as far as the eye can see,
I stand at the door of immortality.
The alluring position beckons me in.
I take a blind step and forget where I've been.
Forgetting my home, forgetting my lover,
Forgetting the life I'll trade for another.
My mind is stripped of all things I used to know
But still engraved is a word called Home.
I look around this gruelish hell
And forget the reasons that I fell.
I get a feeling that I was wrong,
So I turn back to the road traveled on.
I see the door is closed, sealed so tight.
The fear that has struck me, I cannot fight.
I hurt for my family, I hurt for my friends,
I hurt for the knowledge that this is
The End.

Sometimes,
When you've been burned,
You learn to be cautious with fire.

Sometimes,
When you've been scarred,
You learn to stay away from the blade.

Sometimes,
When you've been played,
You learn not to play the game.

Sometimes,
When you've been made weak,
You learn to be strong.