i didn’t care
no i never cared
how much they might hurt
when they didn’t know where
i’d gotten to
they oughtn’t to matter
to me by myself
finally free
and wild
like a child spoiled
i was never foiled
and i knew it
i thought it’d last
a life with no past
to rise up and haunt me
or taunt me in dreams
but it seems i was wrong
and strong are the ties that bind
mind to mind
and path to path
the aftermath of pain
fight to regain what was lost
at any cost