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I was once asked in passing:
What do you see as strength?
A soldier fighting for his country? Or a superhero stoping a train?
This is what I replied:
This is what I see as strength.
I see a little girl who was left by her mommy and daddy
with others that wern't them
And after all those years being alone
She can still say she loves them.
This is what I see as strength
I see a young boy teased
by his family to where it's just cruel
his ability to love himself is gone
and yet he can find friends that can make up for that missing love
This is what I see as strength
I see a teenage girl who was raped
when she was no more than four
She was told she could never do better
and yet she's wearing the proud robes and holding a diploma
This is what I see as strength
I see a girl whose past only she knows
She knows that she will be judged
She feels unloved at times
and yet she can still smile everyday
This is what I see as strength
I see another teenage girl who's belly is full with child
everyone has told her to abort
and yet she stands in the crowd eighteen years later
looking at her future college baby
This is what I see a strength
I see a little girl who bettered by her cousin
in everything she does
I know she feels resentments at her cousin's gift
yet she can say she still loves them
This is what I see as strength
I see a mother, a woman, a friend
a grandmother, a sister, an aunt
This one woman helps the others
And tries to refuse anything given in return
This is what I see as strength
I see a man who's gentle
his first time in marraige tore his heart
the second now stands proud beside him
He is able to love again
This is what I see as strength
I see another woman
beaten by her now divorced husband
Thinking that she can never be truely loved
A person she met becomes her soulmate until the day they die
This is what I see as strength
I see a teenage girl
giving up her time with her friends
just to take care of her sister's daughter
and not having a single qualm about it
This is what I see as strength
I see a teenage boy
who was raised in the worst part of the neighborhood
He now goes to college
and works full-time
That is what I see as strength
The stranger who asked me just stared in awe:
"how can you make so many reasons?
So many situations and strengths at one time?
is it something your found in a book? or the internet?
How can you say that is what you see as strength?
I reply with a smile on my face:
Because my friends and my family are these people
I am one of them myself
and I am the only one who can tell you their story
Because that is what I see as strength
These people have fallen victim to society's cruelest ways
or they have made bad decisions in their life
yet they are able to rise from the ashes
and begin their life anew and better
And that is what I see as strength
They give me hope while they give me joy
I know these people and I have cried with most of them
They and their stories give me strength
So now I will ask you:
What do you see as strength?
- by angel41791 |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 11/11/2008 |
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- Title: What do you think is Strength?
- Artist: angel41791
- Description: A poem I wrote for my friends, family, and those who fall under similar circumstances. These stories are true. I have either witnessed them, have been told them, or have been a part of them. They give me hope, they keep me alive.
- Date: 11/11/2008
- Tags: strength
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- angel41791 - 11/11/2008
- thank you everyone who comments,
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- Insane Jester646 - 11/11/2008
- ummmm a bit long but it was good... i guess??
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