Strong Enough

As I rest against this cold, hard wall,

Will they just pass me by?

These hallways are suffocating.

My Hell in disguise.

Will they criticize me as I sit and cry?

I had fought so hard.

I thought all the battles had been won,

Only to find the war had just begun.



Am I not strong enough?

Am I not good enough?

I’ve been broken.

I’ve been poured from an unknown mold.

Taken from my life into this anew.

Am I not brave enough?

One more chance is all I ask…

One more chance is all I need.

I won’t break again.



Will my weakness for an hour make me suffer for a lifetime?

Is there anyway for me to be me again?

For me to be made whole again?

If I'm healed, renewed, and find forgiveness…

Find the inner strength that I've never had,

Will my scars forever ruin all of God's plan?



Am I not strong enough?

Am I not good enough?

I’ve been broken.

I’ve been poured from an unknown mold.

Taken from my life into this anew.

Am I not brave enough?

One more chance is all I ask…

One more chance is all I need.

I won’t break again.



My life was taken into their hands.

They turned it all around.

In my most desperate of pleas,

I reawakened, knowing I've finally found

That I am strong enough.

I am pure enough.

I am brave enough.

I received my one last chance.

I will not waste it.

Their pettiness and selfishness, I will ignore.

I am who I am.

May justice plead them out.

My apologies for their mistakes,

But their path I will no longer follow.

This is my life… my chance.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Broke my writer's block with this one! Not my best, but I'm okay with it.

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Jessica R's picture

While reading this, I was thinking "just another dark, depressing poem". But finally I find a poem on here with a happy ending. I enjoyed it!