tougher

all my life I dreamed of being normal

but that was not to be

I tried to block out the worries and fears

that festered inside of me

but whatever I did, it did no good

and left me here to suffer

I didn't know that in its own ways

it only made me tougher

now I stand with my hands in my pockets

wondering what it was all about

I tried and tried, but was cast outside

I never found a way out

I leaned on you to pull me through

but still darkness had its way

but everything I've been denied

made me much stronger today