I am a survivor.
I have been told to-
keep quiet,
be sweet,
be a good girl.
Never talk about the past…
as if the silence
would make it disappear.
You can’t stop me
from speaking the truth-
it is mine to tell.
After all these years,
after all this pain,
after all that has changed,
I refuse to be quiet,
refuse to be sweet-
I can handle the truth.
It makes me who I am today-
stronger, wiser, kinder and
a good girl turned into
a fighter.