*You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." -Eleanor Roosevelt* i stayed up reading these words over and over saying them aloud in the dark of my cold, forbidding room last night everything had fallen apart i looked into the mirror and saw someone already gone two lost eyes of a girl misunderstood and two streaming tears treading the path of a face so involved with the shouldn'ts, the can'ts, and the would nots on the verge of saying goodbye on the verge of losing it all i almost gave up but my thoughts lingered on the ones who would stay behind the lost years the no goodbyes you guys have always complimented me on my strength during the sudden deaths days spent in the hospital the alcoholism and now it seemed i would give it all up as if i fought for nothing all these years i had given up a long time ago but these words spoke to me struck right to the core of my spirit and allowed me the second chance to go on only now I hope this will last this strength this hope to go on i want to survive.Birth sign: Scorpio
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