A dreadful night

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I think there is a certain honesty and clarity to your poem. the rhyming makes it read like a rap or a spoken word poem. I like the line: "Maybe the strong me died And weak me survived." It sums up the theme of living in the aftermath of a "fight" (whatever that alludes to) and I like how you repeated it. and the end line gives a glimmer of hope which is good. for things to improve, personally I would make every sentence starting with a capital letter a new line (instead of having two sentences in one line if that makes sense). I also think you could pick stronger word choices at times. "here I am living in my fears" could be "I'm submerging in my fears". "like a painful reminder of that night" could be "like a bitter flashback of that night". I'm not saying mine are great examples, I just think your poem could benefit from more punchy language. maybe try practicing more "showing not telling" in writing. it's a poem with potential imo.