Allowing them
   to linger
I've let the voices
of others tear me down;

   Scarring my mind,
   poisoning my soul,

Until, steadfast, I cried,
   "No more,"

Ghosts of the past,
they can no longer
   harm me
   as I now rejoice in
   true harmony;

From this day on
I will celebrate life
as I walk it completely
       my own.