Beautiful Flower Within a Realm of Weeds
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Raped, beaten, yelled at, threatened
I still keep my head up high
Ditched, cursed, bullied, shunned
I still say good morning every time you walk by
I am a strong woman
Big foot, nigger, mrs piggy, shrek
Names I’ve been called
Fat, disgusting, worthless, ugly
Adjectives given to me
I am a strong woman
Figuring out how to survive
Having nobody but myself
Struggling to make ends meet
Reading every single book on my shelf
I am a strong woman
Used, abused, tricked, loved
All things of my past
Alone, depressed, a father, a community
All are a part of my past as well
I am a strong woman.
When I was raped, or beaten, or threatened
It hurt
It hurt a lot
But there are some things that hurt even worse
I repeat, I am a strong woman
Abandoned by my mother I was
She left to help my brother
But I survived and I love her
I almost committed suicide that year
I am a strong woman
When a father takes care of a baby
Its beautiful, a moment to treasure
When a father gets to know its child until their 14
It’s a record where I come from
It shouldn’t be
I am a strong woman
To be abandoned by your father
Sounds like “the norm” right?
He left the same year mom left
He moved 10 minutes away and never came back
Not even a phone call
I am a strong woman
HE said he’s going to kill me
He said HED ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME!
He threatened to kill the one dearest to my heart
My dad also threatened to kill my mother
I am a strong woman
People like me end up in jail
People like me end up dead
People like me end up in a mental institute
I graduated Umass with a 3.5 gpa
I am a strong woman
I ended up taking the abuse for 19 years
I ended up working 3 jobs sophomore year
I finally stopped the abuse
I finally decided that if I were to die, it would be helping another
I am a strong woman
I want to help others see the light,
I want them to know that we choose our own destiny
No matter where we live, the color of our skin,
What gang were from, or the clique we lie within
Whatever it takes, I WILL stop this
Because I am a strong woman.