No regrets, no looking back.
The light, the dark.
The pain, intertwined, with the joy.
The rage, the anger.
They control her every move,
But she’s fighting back now.
The job applications
That she doesn’t want to fill out,
She wants to be free.
She wants to focus on her
Education,
She prays that she will
Find a way.
The weight of the world
On her shoulders.
She’s determined to
Let it go.
They don’t tell her
The things she needs to hear.
They believe her education
Is not important.
Her education is everything
To her.
She refuses to admit
That she needs them.
She doesn’t want money
To become more important
Than knowledge.
She needs to be
In school every possible
Moment of her life.
She’s nothing like them.
She cannot breathe
If she’s not learning.
She’s certain that she will die
If she stops reading.