It's beautiful to see myself become a wonderful stranger

All the years past

I can feel how strange I am to myself

Yet I am so proud of myself for what I've become

I have changed so much

Maybe that's why you treat me like a stranger

No matter how many times this tired face has been around

Or walked these halls

I noticed how much your eyes stay on me

Have I changed so much that you don't know me?

You were the one to drag me back to reality

But God have I grown without you

I can say I'm proud of myself

When you tried to chain me down

I can rise above you

And maybe that's the secret you're scared of

Or maybe I am dreaming all over again

All I can tell you is I'm happy with myself

I'm finding balance in me

Without you too

And not a thing compares to how I feel now

I'm so proud

I thought I could never let go

Here I am now though

I have decided things for myself

When you told me I would be wrong

I'm here out on my own

Not needing anyone

Especially not you

And I'm finally grown

I'm not trapped to be a child anymore

And I'm burning every bridge you have on me

You can't keep any tabs on me

I'm settling the score

I'm taking all my hope to the battleground

And I'm going to win 

No matter how you try to make your way to me

You can't start the flame in me

You can't hurt me so much

I let myself win

I may  be a stranger to you now

But things are better that way

I see where I've gone

And what I've done

And I'm proud that I have finally grown

Even though this new soul is a stranger to me

I am a stranger

To myself

To everyone

But I am a stranger I will grow to deeply love

Even if love doesn't last

Because I am worth the risks you didn't take

I have always been worth it all

That's why I took the chance and grew

Almost eight feet tall

And you always knew

So here I am learning to grow and love myself

Alone in this small world

Happy as anything and everything

Starting to believe in myself