You see I can't tell you because I'm not sure what she held higher

Herself or her mother lies

She spent years in a guarded cell 

Wrapped in a shell that she nor her mother ever shed

There were many days she took her bruises 

But did not fall closer to the ground 

Because the frequency of it all was as loud as her mothers cry 

And all the while she tried to hide that pain inside that's still resides within the walls of her heart that beats against her temples

She vowed to stay strong 

her brothers and sisters did not know of such courage to not turn towards the direction of that blow

She said "be strong. Be strong"

She was their hero

And on the days she was not there and daddy decided to take it out on them

They were not scared

They did not know of such fear anymore