Tragedy Made Me a Fighter

Tue, 09/01/2015 - 00:01 -- aders97

I am a fighter!

I witness the abuse,

Four years’ old.

How do I end it?

Make it better? fix it?

I watch the scrubbing of red blood

Dye the white tile pink.

The tears fall.

How do I make it better?

I just want it to stop.

 

I am a fighter!

I see the abandonment,

Eight years’ old.

She’s sick.

With a terminal illness,

That can take her life.

He should have stayed,

And cared for his family.

But he left.

I want to take it away from her.

I wish it was me!

Why can’t I fix it?

Why doesn’t it get better?

 

I am a fighter!

I feel the pain!

Twelve years’ old.

I don’t yet understand who I am.

He wanted to be in my life.

But he lied.

He could have stayed gone!

Why did this happen?

What makes him so wonderful for him to come and go?

 

I am a fighter!

I see the deterioration of this disease.

Fifteen years’ old.

She’s sick again!

This time it’s worse!

She’s supposed to be healthy!

She’s only Thirty-Three!

Why is this happening again?

Will she make it?

NO! She has to!

Think positive!

 

I am a fighter!

I hear the heartbreaking words.

Eighteen years’ old.

She’s gone.

She left this world.

One of the best women to be in my life.

She’s in a better place.

But why’d she have to go?

Why now?

Why couldn’t I have said I love you one last time.

 

I am a fighter!

I sit ten hours from home.

Eighteen years’ old.

Having to be an adult.

Dealing with adult issues.

I’m not ready!

Am I ready?

Will it get easier will it get better?

 

I am a fighter!

My mother was abused.

My family was abandoned while my mother had cancer.

My Biological father wanted to be in my life for only two seconds.

My mother had all stages of Leukemia – Lying on her death bed.

My beloved grandmother died.

I must be an adult!

 

I am the person I am today because of my obstacles.

I will continue to be a fighter!

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