We are never defeated unless we give up on God. Ronald Regan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />She refused to listen <br /> <br />As they said what she <br /> <br />Could not do. <br /> <br />They put constraints on her <br /> <br />With words <br /> <br />Like Spinal Cord Injury <br /> <br />And broken dreams. <br /> <br />She stood strong <br /> <br />In the midst of the storm <br /> <br />Even when she could not stand <br /> <br />At all. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />She looked to her faith <br /> <br />And to the God she knew, <br /> <br />The faith that saw her through <br /> <br />She listened <br /> <br />As they tried to <br /> <br />Tear her spirit down <br /> <br />With foreign words <br /> <br />That should have broke her heart <br /> <br />But even when she could not stand <br /> <br />She stood tall. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />She would not give <br /> <br />In to the pity or the tears <br /> <br />Instead she searched deeper <br /> <br />And found a stronger place <br /> <br />In her Faith. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright Michelle R Kidwell <br /> <br />Nov.18.08 <br /> <br />3: 48 P.M PST<br /><br />Michelle Kidwell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-stood-tall-even-when-she-could-not-stand-at-all/
