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I Need
I need someone to love me
To hold me, to touch me
To strengthen me, comfort me
To build me up because I’m torn down
From the outside in
From the very people around me
Time and time again
As they see me from day to day
They see the strength in me
In their eyes, it never strays
Often mistaken for me not needing
Having it all
But it’s that very platform of
Their thoughts and none nurturing demeanor
That tears me down
Drowns my spirit
Taking me to a dim place
With low lighting and little heat
To warm my body to crush and defeat
Days of slumber and lying around
In pity trying to pull myself
From the slump I wallow in
No longer desiring to continue
The trend I’m setting
Against the odds I’m still standing
Landing in places never pictured in my mirror
As the image became clearer and clearer
Of my life’s direction
I’m becoming more comfortable in my own skin
Thankfully grateful that it hadn’t wore too thin
Consequently, I can continue my path
That has insurmountable potential
To last, to be passed on for generations to come
To experience the course that I had come from
With struggles but proud
Because I had made it through the darkest clouds
Where I reached for new heights
And never became a flight risk
Because of my perseverance to succeed
Poetically,
Patrice Watley Williams,
Founder http://www.wearitgirlwigs.org
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Outreach Committee Chair/http://www.iwillsurviveinc.org
678-478-7357
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Thank you for allowing me the freedom to be expressive as my Caterpillars blossom into Butterflies!!!
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