What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Life screams and tempos tosses
that you walk through hell gates and bosses.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,
while the hell in your life last longer.
It is not until when you ran through the rain
and know the strife of the pain,
that you can look back and honestly say
My God gave me just enough strength that day.
You had the strength that took you through,
on the other side you are stronger than you knew.

Trauma can throw its blunt ugly force,
and from its course you want to divorce.
You could have been dead on that fateful night
the devil in your destruction found delight.
But on the other side you stand
And from victory you reach out your hand.
The trauma made a mockery of your state
Your victory it could not debate.
The hell of the night drags longer,
but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

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Date: 1/15/2022 10:28:00 PM
Good testimony of the power of looking back at things with open eyes and learning from our mistakes. Your poem is well written with great emotion and rhyme. Your openness will help others to open up and tell their stories. Thanks for sharing, Miranda. Blessings, Bill
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Miranda Hawley
Date: 1/16/2022 12:19:00 PM
Thank you. If this encourages others to open up with their story then that is beyond my wildest expectations, but thrilling at the same time. Thank you for those words.
Date: 10/5/2021 4:25:00 AM
Really meaningful and well written. You get a Favorite from me.
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Miranda Hawley
Date: 10/7/2021 9:56:00 AM
Glad you like it! Thanks!
Date: 10/4/2021 2:38:00 PM
This sure shows great emotiveness and creativity, Miranda!
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Miranda Hawley
Date: 10/4/2021 5:28:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 10/3/2021 1:51:00 PM
Miranda, Absolutely killed in your poem 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger'. Felt this one from one who knows how to feel. -Richard
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Miranda Hawley
Date: 10/4/2021 9:52:00 AM
Thank you!
Date: 9/27/2021 2:09:00 PM
..then I'm gonna be one musclebound corpse.....
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Miranda Hawley
Date: 9/27/2021 4:27:00 PM
I get that feeling sometimes too.
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