The Steel Strength Of The Mind <br />by Barbara Lynn Terry <br /> <br /> <br />Sitting here pondering the fates that be, <br />Wondering why all this has happened to me, <br />I come to the conclusion that I should be glad, <br />That I was never evil, or seriously bad. <br /> <br />Yes I tried to get away with the things, <br />That the teen years brings, <br />Like staying out past curfew, <br />Or going where I am not supposed to. <br /> <br />What had I done so wrong that day, <br />That mother just sent me away, <br />And never looked back to see, <br />This girl I so desperately need to be? <br /> <br />Why did she try to destroy my soul, <br />Refusing to let me complete my goal, <br />To simply be her daughter? <br />Was I such a bother? <br /> <br />The abuses I was forced to endure, <br />In my body and soul so pure, <br />Were nightmares of untold agony, <br />That in my mind, I played a symphony. <br /> <br />I came out from these abuses stronger, <br />So that their rapes and beatings I no longer <br />Feared because my body and soul were numb, <br />Of the constant attacks by those so dumb. <br /> <br />Now I am on the path of my female goal, <br />So my body and soul can be one and whole, <br />And never again will I look back <br />On those who, my soul would attack. <br /> <br />© 2008 by Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-steel-strength-of-the-mind/
