Fight Back Now

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.