A WOMAN

A WOMAN A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED HER LOWEST POINT IN LIFE DOESN'T DOESN'T FEAR LOSING ANYTHING ANYMORE SHE REBUILT HERSELF FROM PEACE BY PEACE PEACE BY PEACE WITHOUT ANYONE CLAPPING FOR HER SHE DID IT IN THE DARK NO APPLAUSE NO SUPPORT NO SUPPORT JUST HER OWN PULLING PULLING HER FORWARD ONE IMPOSSIBLE DAY AT A TIME NOW SHE DOESN'T NOW SHE DOESN'T CHASE SHE DOESN'T BEG AND SHE DOESN'T AND SHE DOESN'T BREAK HER OWN HEART TRYING TO KEEP ANYONE BECAUSE SHE FOUGHT BECAUSE SHE FOUGHT SO HARD TO FIND HERSELF AGAIN AND SHE REFUSES AND SHE REFUSES TO EVER LOSE HERSELF AGAIN SHE LEARNED THE THAT THE WRONG THAT THE WRONG PEOPLE WILL DRAIN EVERYTHING THAT THE WRONG PEOPLE WILL DRAIN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND STILL LEAVE SO SHE STOPPED POURING SHE STOPPED POURING INTO PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND THAT KIND OF AND THAT KIND OF SELF KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE TAKEN FROM HER IT WAS PAID IT WAS PAID FOR IN PAIN IT WAS PAID FOR IN PAIN THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND SHE MOVES SHE MOVES DIFFERENTLY NOW SHE LOVES DIFFERENTLY SHE LOVES DIFFERENTLY SHE CHOOSES DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE SURVIVAL BECAUSE SURVIVAL TAUGHT HER SOMETHING COMFORT EXACTLY EXACTLY HOW MUCH SHE IS CAPABLE OF WITHOUT ANYONE'S HELP SHE IS NOT HARD SHE IS NOT HARD TO LOVE SHE IS NOT HARD TO LOVE SHE IS JUST NO LONGER SHE IS JUST NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ONLY SHOW UP WHEN IT'S EASY