Reincarnation Of Self Poem by Gemma Southworth

I’m always told that you only live once
Make the most of all you try
That fact isn’t what’s bothering me
It’s how long you live after you ‘die’

I died years ago deep down inside
The torment I suffered never gone
If a coward dies a thousand deaths
And a hero dies but one

I want to know why I should die two
When I am neither coward nor hero
I am one of the nameless hordes
Made to feel like a zero

That day when you die inside
It’s like your body also has
If there’s a way back its impossible
To get your foot on the path

Living in limbos a fate worse than death
‘Cause you’re just waiting for him to claim
That tortured soul that gave up inside you
To take away the memories of pain

I am slowly coming back to life
After such a long time away
And when I return I’ll be much stronger
And then it will be my day

To show them all I am not weak
And that now I am the person I was before
Only stronger now because of hate and pain
And I’m finally locking that door

They will have grown physically also
But mentally they are the fools
For they have helped me grow and learn
That in life there is only one rule

The rule is always be yourself
Because we are all unique
If they try to make you be like them
It is them that is the freak

Many people die inside
And their ‘death’ they always mourn
But I say come live, be free
Follow your heart and be reborn

So next time someone asks me
if I believe in life after death
I will say I know there is
for I have died and been reborn the best