Stardust Lost In Fallen Dreams

I Raise My Glass

I raise a glass to you

A swift salute to the pain and torment you gave

Does it feel good to know you broke me

That innocence once lost can never be found

That the light in my eyes has taken a decade to come back?

I raise this glass to you

For teaching me that I am weak within the storm

I was so niave to believe that I could be safe

Hands on skin, nails in my hair, blood on the floor

Always here, always there - never gone, never forgotten

The glass in my hand has run dry

I hear it splinter against the wall as my last salute to you is done

If you were here now would you recognise me?

Would you know the scars upon my skin done by and because of you

I am here and I am learning every day to accept the truth

That it wasn't my fault that night

I have been altered for the rest of my life by the consequences of you

Yet I feel at times your cruelty has made me stronger

I am no longer innocent but I am still me

I am better than you I have people who see and accept me for me

You in turn have nothing but the memories to haunt you

I hope when you close your eyes you hear my screams

That they stay with you till your last breath

For they never leave me as I close my eyes

You have become a part of me

Something I never asked for that night

I did not know you but you found the need to know every inch of me

I raise the bottle now... I hope it chokes you.