This is how I've learnt to grow

I cried and cried my heart out, 

However much I tried but couldn't shout, 

I shut my dreary burning eyes,

Hoping to swallow my cries.

I went out of focus a few days,

When dark clouds blocked my rays,

My throat felt raw and sore, 

I was anguished to my core.

I held my talisman too tightly,

That it started rattling and crackling, 

Here, I believed in my favoured spot, 

And there, popped out a painful clot.

They say I will be scarred for life, 

I will carry them as trophies though,

I am willing to embrace the inevitable,

This is how I've learnt to grow.