This Is My Anthem

I will not be guiled

I cannot be cheated, stolen, or bought
I will not be replaced with someone I'm not

I will tend and mend and befriend
And never, ever end

I will laugh at me
I will be fierce and I will be tender
Believe in man and always defend
Their divinity

They will not find me guilty
They cannot shut me down
And when they lose everything
It is I who will be found

I will not settle for less

I will live
With wild abandon
I will stand and reprimand
And when push comes to shove
I'll still believe in love

I will not fear

I am an old soul
And I'll live without shame
Take all my pain
And swallow it whole
Till it bursts from my fingertips
And the ends of my hair
And transforms

I won’t regret that I still breathe

I will sing
I am small but
I will give until I have it all

I will kiss the rain
Scold the sun
Shoot the breeze
Live in the trees
Chase the shadows
Climb the dawn
I cannot be tamed
Kidnapped, scared or maimed
By their poor tries
To control

I will never wear, bend, or break
I will be strong
I'll carry on

I'll show them all
Who they really are

I will break free
Carve my destiny
Out of a muddy world

I will be sure
That when it seems to end
It is only
The beginning

This is my anthem