Hero

You saved me.
From myself.
I was lonely.
I was afraid.

I didn't know how to live.
What being alive meant.
I needed someone to show me.
What it meant to feel free.

I felt something real.
More real than I felt before.
Something told me to push forward.
To ever stop believing in myself.

I was alive.
I was free.
You were my hero.
Who made me believe.

It's okay to be scared.
I learned that from you.
But you helped me live.
You helped me find who I needed to be.
♠ ♠ ♠
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