The strength to rise from the pain, <br />to continue at all cost, <br />The strength to prolong all the shame, <br />Knowing that you've lost, <br />The strength to smile, when all you feel is anger, <br />to substitute bad days, for the best ones you can remember, <br />The strength to say 'I'm lost' when your pride has blocked your sight, <br />to say 'please love me', though I've never done it right, <br />The strength to say you love them, knowing there may be no reply, <br />to stay by their sides at times, when all they do is cry, <br />the strength to try again after many times of failing, <br />to finally open up after many years of waiting, <br />The strength to fall in love, though sacrificing your heart, <br />to keep a loved one close while knowing you've grown apart, <br />The strength to say ' I love you' when all else has gone wrong, <br />to keep on waiting for you..... regardless of how long,<br /><br />Phantom Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/empowered/
