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Sixteen
Couple years ago, I fell like an autumn leaf
I remember it so well like a vivid dream
That was three years back when I was still a kid
Thirteen years of age, figuring where I belonged
Now as I look back on the journey I took for so long
I can't stop thanking myself for leaving you like a bad habit
Cause though I'm only sixteen I've already lived through hell
And I know that the lessons I've learnt will benefit me well
Steel like heart, vigilant mind and I'm a new person that I like
I am new and improved and I'm so glad to be in the light
My past no longer defines who I'll be in my life
I will run and I will climb for I now know what I want
Now back to the present as I'm writing these lines
So much that I've wanted has fallen to my arms
And I'm glad and prepared for whatever comes next
It's the last days of school and I already know
You'll tell me all those lies just to bind me by your side
But it was fun but it's time that I fly away far from time
And here I stand again in the middle of it all
Trying my best to let go of the things I already know
You were hell and my plan but now I have got to let you go
Maybe in the next lifetime I'll stay by your side
We'll fall back in love like we did in the past life
But for now it's my right that I leave you at the lines
Cause though I'm only sixteen I've already lived through hell
And I know that the lessons I've learnt will benefit me well
Steel like heart, vigilant mind and I'm a new person that I like
I am new and improved and I'm so glad to be in the light
My past no longer defines who I'll be in my life
I will run and I will climb for I now know what I want
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This piece was written when I was truly going through hell at the age sixteen and is part if a collection that is yet to come. Hope you enjoy it.