5
Julie Arsenault Lyrics

10 years since I fled oppression
disguised as a haven of love
5 years since I made the decision
that I would be more than enough

15 years unsure of my value
as hard as I tried to believe
10 years searching for the answer
5 years digging deeper for truth

10 years since I’ve seen my own blood rush from wounds caused by my own hands
5 years since I’ve known deprivation
perfecting the balancing act

15 years at war with my body
transfixed by each tiny molecule
10 years of compiled anxious moments
5 years to unlearn all the rules
I made
with my starving brain
designed to take me away
from reality

Five ten fifteen time
tends to erase pathways drawn in our minds
Be patient now for there are no straight lines
but you’ll make it out
of the maze alive

you will
make it out
you will
make it out
if it takes five years…
it could take ten…
You will make it out