I Grew

It doesn't matter how hard you look, Or how often you point. This is who I am and I am not ashamed today, neither will I be tomorrow. You have laughed and sneered at me, But it will no longer phase me. I will not accept it. The nights I shivered in fear and despair, My brain too exhausted to sleep. Those are no more. Yes life, Its you that I am talking to. Those lemons you tossed at me, The same ones I crushed I now give back to you. For I used them as manure and I grew