Moving On

Chains rusted, clank-clank on the pavement grind

Old me just a ghost now, leaving the past confined

Stumbled through the shadows, poison in my mind

But the sun broke through, dissolved the incline

I’m moving on, though the night still scars

Scared to step, but i see the stars

Hope glimmers faint, where despair once shone

I’m moving on, but it's a world unknown

Heart’s still bruised, that love was so steep

Pulled me under, lost myself in deep

Reaching up, found air where the chains once hung

Freed the voice in me I tried to overrun

I’m moving on, though the night still scars

Scared to step, but I see the stars

Hope glimmers faint, where despair once shone

I’m moving on, but it's a world unknown

Booze spilled like tears, burned bridges done

Drugs believed so needy, because I gave ‘em my mind

Still I clawed, still I climbed, from the shit they spun

Turned my face to God, leaving my past behind

This world unforgiving, but I’m learning stride

Pain ain’t a prison, it's courage inside

Bruises now my armor, each scar a stripe

Reborn in silence, ready to rewrite my life

I’m moving on, though the night still scars

Scared to step, but i see the stars

Hope glimmers faint, where despair once shone

I’m moving on, but it's a world unknown