A Life Built

My road has been coarse and long

Chances taken, not all wrong

And though I set out to achieve with friends

None remained in the end

It’s soured the walls

I built with bloody hands

And forced me to sit

Pondering all that I am

But in the silence of my pain,

I realized I didn’t build this life for them

I didn’t build it for anyone

I just did

And now that they are gone

I’m looking around and realizing

This is where I belong

In this Life I built