Shards Kept Inside

I dance upon the shards I kept inside
Smiling while I bleed and never realize
My voice still echoes where I chose to hide
But no one ever tried to hear my cries

I broke myself to fit what they designed
But who am I, when they all leave behind?

I scream out loud into the silence
Drowning in the words I never said
I am the storm and all the violence
But I'm not broken yet

I swallowed, every lie
You called your truth to justify
You shaped me, then you broke me
But I reborn through this cruelity

Burn!, everything that holds me
Fall!, everything that owns me
I am not what you see
I am chaos, set me free

If I get lost, will I be free?
No, that's the price of your deceit!
If I reborn, am I still me?
You died, what's left is me!

Break, my mind
Tear, my skin
I can't feel anything
I can't feel anything

I scream out loud into the silence
Now I'm ready to face myself
I am the storm in defiance
I don't need anyone else

From shattered pieces comes the light
Through all this pain, I rewrite my life