I thought I knew the way ahead,
With plans and dreams I\u2019d neatly spread.
I changed myself to fit the mold,
Believing I was in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But fate, it laughed at all my schemes,
Tearing down my fragile dreams.
I bent and broke, I lost my way,
Thinking that\u2019s the price to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I twisted truth and blurred the lines,
Redrawing maps a hundred times.
And when it all came crashing down,
I stood there empty, set to drown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was it for nothing, all this pain?
Did all my efforts go in vain?
But now I see, through all the cracks,
The lesson hid behind the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The change was never for the goal\u2014
It was for me, my heart, my soul.
And what I sought, that distant view,
Was always waiting in the true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t need to fall apart
To find the strength within my heart.
For in the end, I came to see\u2014
The truest change was being me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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