"Disengage"

From an image once so clearly seen...

The lines have blurred...

Definition and meaning has lost all description...

Judgment cast holds life by the moment...

Sadly, what was known, is now a use-to-be

Anger strikes at the root of everything

Mining out the core...

Blind decisions are made by a one track mind

An open heart is now closed to any reasoning

Around every corner betrayal is seen

Turning former understanding into a pillar of righteousness

How does the heart turn so cold?

Is there a time picked to turn away?

Because I refuse to be banished into darkness

Especially when I only seek the light

Tarnishing any brightness that remains

I am not this choice made on my behalf...

This is not my embrace held...

There comes a point when nothing can justify the venom within words spoken

So I surrender my place...

By removing myself from range

Disengaging the connection once made strong

My shoulders will not bare such heavy weight

Allowance upon discussion on how it came to be is denied

Pride keeps you anchored to your claim

Silence now speaks...

Because the only reaction received, is from the way the heart responds to being hurt...

There is no respect to emotion...

Cast aside and abandoned is the punishment given...

But I know my worth through this realization that has come to pass

There is release...

And it comes in the steps leading away...

Because I am not every bad yesterday

Today is living...

And tomorrow is existing.

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