resilient
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What I Am inside Me got us thru year '20, houseless & sent to street Life. No matter the darkness We ran from. We let the past go, to know We made it. Free to Live in Lightness.
He was a grain of sand and you were the ocean.
You are so much more than he could ever hope to be,
and when your tide comes in he will be a distant memory.
Resilience
Resilient. Tough. Strong.
Euphemisms for life having gone on.
Because every morning I paint on a smile
And tell myself I will be okay after a while.
January
Another year, another promise to myself to be happy
February
The weather outside isn’t the only thing that’s cold
The sadness transformed into hatred
March
I refuse to give up this time,
Resilient.
For I can sail my boat despite the chaotic storms.
In the dictionary you would find my name, picture, soul next to the definition of resilient.
What made me resilient? My battles.
You asked for one word
But I am more than that.
You asked for one definition
But I can defy that.
As I walk through the streets of the city
I see people stare as I walk by
My mind makes me think of why
See,
I'm seeing
I'm dreaming,
I've been achieving,
Overcoming and healing
from a life of grieving
embarking on a mission to freedom
there is no concealing me
its been my destiny
Going to college has never been a matter of whether or not I'm going.
It's a matter of where and why.
But now I'm going to end up owing,
More than my family has got kept,
All the money spent just getting by.
