I tried so hard to be perfect <br />Perfect in every way <br />So hard I tried <br />I tried everyday <br /> <br />You said I wasn’t good <br />NO not good ENOUGH <br />But your words taught me <br />YES taught me to be TOUGH <br /> <br />Every time I cried <br />Cried myself to SLEEP <br />I would fall in the hole <br />The hole that was so DEEP <br /> <br />So many times I thought <br />Thought of taking my LIFE <br />So many times I thought <br />Thought of using the KNIFE <br /> <br />One day it hit me <br />Hit me in the face <br />That there was a better <br />Far better place <br /> <br />I left the HURT <br />The hurt and PIAN <br />And told my self never <br />Never to go back there AGAIN!<br /><br />Jess Zapata<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/becoming-strong/
