I did everything

 I did everything I was supposed to do

I led an unlikely band into a battle designed for loss

We battled beyond the strength we knew we had

And we won

Yet my victory was hollow

And feels like  loss instead,

I stand empty and broken

Unsure of myself.

Was any of it worth it?

Am I who I thought I was 

Can I put my pieces back together again?

The world didn't stand and applaud,

The accolade did not come

I wasn't the giant I expected to be among men

Instead I was broken

A shadow of my former self.

Don't give me hope

The pieces may never mend

Don't promise me joy

Because when you are broken in as many ways as I have

I may never come back again 

This is what it is

I am broken

A shadow of my former self