Earthquakes no longer feel so foreign to my body The stable ground, crumbling in an instant The aftershocks, ripping through my veins Have become the norm, an expectation Why would any of this be easy? Every time the ship starts to right itself Another wave comes crashing overboard Submerging me once again Suffocating me once again When I had only learned how to breathe again When I had only learned how to live again Why is this happening again? They say if it doesn’t kill it you It makes you smarter, tougher Stronger Well I’m fucking strong enough And I’ve waited long enough To get a win or at least a draw To see a glimpse of the life I’ve been fighting for To remember why I started fighting at all Will the dawn ever break? Will the storm ever pass? Will the mountain become a hill? Will the present fade into the past? Will I be here still?