I am a survivor

Broken and cracked

Masked and always overreact -ing

Reassembled like an ancient artefact

Just

Less important than one

Contrary to the opinion of some

I am a survivor

Charred and scarred

Barred up and guard -ing

A sensitive heart

Stitched up and glued together

But

Still more fragile than a glass vase

Which no one can comprehend

I am a survivor

Fire and burns couldn't turn me to ash

Ropes and belts couldn't break my neck

Knives and razors couldn't bleed me out

Drugs and alcohol couldn't put me to sleep

So... The semicolon

Continuation of a potential ending

Sending A message

I am a survivor

A survivor of suicide

A story teller of lives and deaths

A cherisher of breaths Tests

Days are tests

Tests of courage, strength, and stubbornness

To defy thoughts, taunts, and curses

To be a fighter

Instead of just a survivor

The semicolon...

I was a survivor

But now I am a fighter

Living life with determination to climb higher

And prove myself wrong

That I would only ever be

A long standing survivor

Tōshi

Japanese word for the will to fight

To not break and find your own light

So now, I am not just a survivor

I am a fighter