Yet She Smiles

Her dreams crashed on the shore of reality Her ambitions lay covered in the blanket of misery Life has stolen a piece from her And left without saying as much as a word Time heals wounds but what about dreams Her scars run deeper than my imagination can explain She holds a suicidal amount of unreleased pain But her screams will not be heard Her giving up has never occurred Her bravery has slain dragons in ages past Her courage has pushed forth soldiers fighting for freedom Her attitude has broken through diabolical spells cast Its her motivation that allowed the tyranny of oppression to become undone She stands tall, as life tries to break her down But with every punch with every pound She never shows where it hurts She never complains about her tears She never breaks the glass of valor Tales will be spun, for she is what makes it all possible Everything breaks down in time But her shattered pieces of dreams are nowhere to be found She picked them all up and placed them somewhere to never make a sound For dreams are ambitions that have lost their drive But she miraculously manages to keep them alive Shattered, broken, unhinged, damaged to the very core Unable to walk on clouds no longer able to soar She is now an angel with clipped wings A dancer with no ankles, a story with no end She has been through the darkest of pits She has wormed through the narrowest of slits Cut, bruised, beaten … life gave it it’s all But she is wonderful because through it all I would have broken down, and yet she smiles So for that I wanted to say thank you