The Rise From Pain

To the younger, more frail and afraid me,

I too know pain.

I the unknowingly different child,

Sat alone at the table,

Because I was not the same as the others.

I too know ignorance.

I felt the angry and brash words that were thrown at me

With the speed of a turbojet,

That shattered the heart and soul of a young girl.

I too know pain.

But I rose,

And continue to rise,

Like a bird learning to fly.

I know pain,

but I also know that the only thing I can do about that pain,

is to conquer it.

And to understand that the only thing

that should matter are the words that,

you speak to yourself.

I too know pain,

But I also know recovery.

I know ignorance,

But I also know strength.

I know how to survive.

And soon,

You will too.

Sincerely and Lovingly,

The you that you will become