I keep on scanning

But, the image does not get clearer

With traces of scars from yesterday,

How I wish, I did not gaze

The world may whisper and stare

Question my worth with stifling air

Yet my heart is caged with a spark so bright

A light that can’t be dimmed

Without putting up a fight

I am one with the waves, and I follow the tides

Searching for nothing, not even a valentine

Though my gaze upon a mirror is a decline

I am free, no chains nor leash that may confine

The tides may pull me out or sink me in

But I stand still, no matter the scars on my skin

Through every pounding loss and every achieving win

I will rise again, seeping the life to begin