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Strength


"I Am Strong" The Words I would Repeat In My head

when I was a kid, 

Under a bed,

frightened, Nowhere to run 

rember her crying,

while I was Frozen inside,

the day she decided to leave without knowing,

In her stomach my salvation was growing,

those are three times in my life,

where when I was dying inside,

something told me "Be Brave" so I pulled my pants up 

and wiped the tears off my face,

"Momma I love you, I will fix your hurting inside"

I don't Hate my dad, 

despite all the fear he put in my heart,

despite all the Scars he left momma Inside, 

because of you now I am A man

 "I am Strong"

The day I was under that bed even though I was the most scared,

i was holding my sister in my arms telling myself "I Am Strong"

When you stopped hitting my mom and you left,

i was no longer frozen, 

i went to my mom and told her stop crying "I Am Strong"

And then he was born My salvation,

My brother, He will not see what I saw,

i promised my mom for him it was going to be different,

and The end of this Poem is Here, 

And dad I thank you a lot,

because of you 

"Strength Is Now Always Inside"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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