Never Give Up
Once I was broken
Shattered beyond a million pieces
My sorrow could drown the world twice
I felt beyond repair
Losing almost all my hope
My brother couldn’t fix me
My mother couldn’t fix me
My father couldn’t fix me
The psychiatrist couldn’t fix me
I was ready to fall
To sink in a bed of silk and never come out
I was ready to give up
Then she entered my life
With her smile, shining brighter than the sun
And her deep, kind eyes
She didn’t look at me with pity
She didn’t treat me like a child
She didn’t talk to me in soft, delicate whispers
Like all the others did
She took me by the arm and dragged me out of those silk sheets
She showed me by the warm sun, the crunchy leaves of autumn, the dazzling stars scattered across a midnight blue sky
She bewitched me with loud, raucous laughter
Her glorious hair of ebony
She accepted me as who I was
She never tried to fix me
She laughed at my sarcastic attitude
She smiled at my rudeness
She smirked at my eye-rolls
Most all, she never gave up on me
Not even when I begged
She never tried to change me
She merely showed me the world
And all the things worth living for
All the beauty residing on the planet
She taught me how to open my eyes and see
Soon my frowns transformed into smiles
I laid on green grass instead of dull sheets
I reconnected with my mother, brother, and father
I still had them, after all
Most of all, I fell in love
She became my wife
I am so grateful to have her in my life
She told me she would never give on me
Or leave me
I asked her why
And she replied with
It’s because I love you