No Going Back

by arisu16

poem in the aftermath of the war. There's no going back to the way it was before

I can't go back

to where I used to be.

I don't know how to act.

Don't expect much from me.

I'm forever changed

from the fight in our war.

Forever changed

since I stepped out that door.

What I used to prize

seems so shallow now.

My days soaked in lies,

but I still breathe somehow.

There's no going back

to who I used to be.

I'm forever changed.

Now, this is me.