To this day I stand strong. 

Faced with screamin, non-stop judgements, I have grown to stand up for what I want. 

Accept me for who I am, I am not your true love, or your sex toy 

I am a human being just like all the others. 

A human being that wants to be free after being locked up for seventeen years with false 

dreams that arent even hers. 

I want to learn from my own mistakes, just set me free, free to go and do as I please. 

I am me! Stop comparing me to the whole world, I am me! 

I am not a pregnant 16-year-old, a drug addict, a school ditcher, or a slutty girl. 

I am an 'A' and 'B' student, shy, silly, lover of math and nature girl. 

I am Better... 

I've always followed the rules and done what is expected of me. 

It's sad how no one remembers all the good I have done, but if I made 

one mistake that would define me for the rest of my life. 

My soul screams for freedom from all the secret and lies.. 

Today I mark the start of a change. 

Starting today I'll break down the walls blocking me from moving on forward. 

I'll escape from the never ending darkness of what I call my home.

Starting today I will write my own story, in search of better hope.