I Am
Who am I?
I am broken.
I am scared.
I close my eyes and I hear the screams.
I feel the sting of his hand meeting my face.
I fly backward as his fist makes contact with my gut and all of the wind leaves my body.
Who am I?
According to him I am nothing.
According to him I am fat.
I am stupid.
I am lazy.
According to him I will never become anything.
I contemplate … “Is this life worth living?”
I am forever sentenced to live in hell.
So who am I?
Yes I am, broken.
I am scared.
But that is not all that I am.
That is NOT what defines me.
I am strong.
I am courageous.
I am intelligent.
I am worth being, worth loving -
I am worth it.
I am special and one of a kind.
I have a meaning and a purpose.
Yes I am broken and scared, but that is only part of a whole -
And it is the part that makes me stronger.