Launchorasince 2014
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Breaking Away (Unchained)

she's breaking away from all the chains 

that has been tied to her

pulling herself away from its painful grip 

that burns her skin so deeply


every piece of chain clanking 

resonated its sound within her ears

it seems like the weight of it 

added up from all these years


when you're locked up in a chain, 

all you do is scream

confined within your own prison cell 

but that is where you dream


she drew lines on the wall 

and counted all the list of names

each name marks a different scar, 

she knew who it is to blame


all she did was give people the world 

she wondered what went wrong

all they did was threw her away 

now all that's left of her was to be strong


words and faces carved 

within the back of herr mind

cursed them every night, 

the hurt was too much to be kind


she lays down on the cold prison floor;

tears streaming down her face

this prison cell is suffocating her 

with memories she can never erase


it was when she looked down

on the chain cemented on the wall

the moment this chain started to appear

was the very moment she started to fall


she took a deep breath and watched the stars 

in the little window of her cell

it reminds her that the future 

is something we can never foretell


so now she is standing up 

and breaking the chains on the wall

and this she promised to herself, 

she will rise no matter how many times she will fall


(s.r.i)