The Truth You Hide Behind

So long spent on your escape

So much time and effort

into growth and understanding

and for what?

It’s so easy to throw it all away,

turn right back around and walk

into the void you tried so hard

to turn your back on

So much given all for nothing

So much of you to cast aside

only to pick up the pieces

you removed so long ago

and use them to fill the gaps

Becoming someone worthy

just to let the facade fall

when the going gets too tough

All that sacrifice

just to fill the future

with the baggage of the past

Unrecognizable from the beacon you’d become

to the shadow of the truth you hide behind