You professed you were right, and I knew no better

Believed what you said, said what you might, 

I've decided to finally unfetter

Myself from the chains, to the rocks you called "safe"

Because as I'll explain in this letter,

Those people you feared,

Have finally come here,

To tell me that I deserve better

With each stretch of my leash, I've learned just how bleak

My life is compared to some others

I've learned that not every home shakes apart, 

From fathers who scream at their daughters

I learned and know now

That you won't define me

Because life is too short for that

I found my own family 

And they  "have my back"

And I've learned that not all the world's bad.

Where you strapped me to boulders and told me to swim

Insisting it's fair and tradition

They've given me wings and lessons of flight

And taught me to use my ambition

They told me to be 

As strong as I can

Because nothing is given for free

But one thing that  I 'll never forget

Was their love, given freely to me

They say that you cant choose your family

But I'd disagree, stating "I have."

Because only a family could teach me

As much as my chosen one has

For knowing me better

Than you ever will

And giving me hope in place of the chills

I love them to bits 

And know I always will

Because they are my new, 

Chosen family. 

I know I chose them, 

And that they chose me too,

Because given the choice now, 

I'd never  choose you

You chose your glass, your bottle, your mug,

And I chose to feel lost and sorry

Swept under the rug, till the corners were creased

And they found me and told me "don't worry"

But I found them too, and I'll fight my way out

If nothing, to just prove you wrong

I'll succeed, not from you, but because I knew

I had help from my chosen family.