Brave--Sara Bareilles

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won’t do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Let Go

Maybe, just maybe, its okay to let go...

Let go of the past, ghosts following me,

Filling my thoughts, haunting my dreams.

Let go of regrets, of guilt and of shame,

Reliving the sorrow, reliving the pain.

Let go of hurt, of fear and blame,

Secrets unspoken, judgments made.

If the past is the past, and the future's unwritten,

Maybe, just maybe, there's room for forgiveness.

This life we live in, it's broken and messy,

The road we walk, it's winding and bumpy.

But if there's beauty in imperfection, 

And its ok to just be me,

Then it's time to let go, time to be free.

(Journal entry 7/19/13)

So Sorry

I'm so sorry.

I've screwed up, I've messed up, let people down,

I'm so sorry.

I've lied to the world and I've lied to myself,

I'm so sorry.

I've sold my body and sold my soul,

I'm so sorry.

I'm dirty and ugly and unworthy of love,

I'm so sorry.

I keep falling and failing and wanna give up,

I'm so sorry.

I'll never be normal, never be okay,

I'm so sorry....

(Journal entry 7/13/13)