A New Day

A new day
opens up to me
who cares what happened
yesterday
it's a new day
today
past hurts
past troubles
are forgotten
in the light
of a new day
my body
wracked with old guilt
and pain
chained to the floor
cold and alone
a new day comes
and my body is renewed
power and light
flows through these veins
of mine
the chains of past murders
slip from my wrists and ankles
my face
once scarred with ugliness
a mask
melts down my face
with these tears
of purification
my bent body
straightens
and I look
through these windows
in my face
on a new day
out of the darkness
peeks the sun
out of the darkness
I come
once held down
with a sense of guilt
once held down
with hidden fears
once held down
by a tortured heart
but now
all that slips away
in the face
of a new day
I step forward
don't know where
I'm going
but I'm going
to trust my heart this time
because it's a new day
and I'm leaving
everything that caused me pain
behind
no more false words
no more false pretenses
no more false love
I'm my own person
and I'm walking away
from my chains
they hold me no more
there's a reason
for my life
and I want to discover it
I don't know where
I'm going
but I'm entering
into
a new day