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Pain Doesn'T Determine Who You Are

When I was a little girl, 
I went through the most traumatic experience of my life.

I was diagnosed with a deadly infection in my femur bone;
Doctors had never seen a staph infection as bad as mine.
My childhood was stripped from me. 
I had been given a new life.
A life where being in and out of hospitals was normal.
A life where being in pain was normal.

My biggest fear should have been falling down and scraping my knee.
But, instead my biggest fear was wondering if I was going to survive.
I was in more pain than I could have ever imagined. 
Surgery after surgery, but nothing seemed to help.

I was fighting a battle that no one understood.
I never understood why this was happening to me.
I was a kid and dealing with depression.
I wondered if I was being punished;
if I had done something to have made this happen to me.

I wondered if I would pass school.
I tried my hardest to fight through the pain and make it through school.
I was determined not to be held back.
It even came to the point,
where I had to have a teacher come to the house and teach me.
But, I was willing to anything to pass.

I had a great team of doctors; 
and a team of not so great doctors.
I had parents that loved me and never left my side.
I was still a blessed kid with a great family.

I've been to several doctors since then and they all me tell me the same.
I'm going to deal with chronic pain for the rest of my life.
There are some days where the depression eats at me.
There some days where I can't even get out of bed,
because my leg is hurting so bad.
But, I made myself do it. 

I was determined to graduate on time.
And I did graduate with my class.
And even though I missed to many days to count, I was never held back.
I graduated with my class, the class of 2016.

I'm determined to share my story with others.
I'm determined to prove to people;
that you're more than the pain you go through.
I'm determined to prove to people;
that nothing can get in the way of your goals or dreams;
unless YOU let it.
Your pain doesn't determine who you are.
Only YOU can determine who you are going to be.

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No One Ever Comes

She sits in the corner of her bedroom,
and listens to his yells and his hateful words.
He calls her name
But she buries her head in her knees 
                         ONE STEP...
                                      TWO STEPS...
He becomes closer and closer with his temper increasing.
                                                     THREE STEPS...
                                                                      FOUR...
He hovers over her with the smell of alcohol taking over.
He jerks her up and pushes her against the wall.
She screams for him to stop.
Praying someone will rescue her.
But, no one comes..
No one ever comes...

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Learn To Be You

This society has become a world where people don't want to live in;
a world where I don't want to live in.
You get judged on the clothes you wear;
the gender or the person you're interested in;
the way you look and the color of your skin.
Why would anyone want to live in a world so cruel and judgmental?
You wonder what it's going to take for you to fit in.
You ask if it's something that you've done.
And you beg God to change the person you are or the way you look.
Well maybe it's not you.
Maybe it's just the world we live in.
I've learned to accept who I am.
I'm me, because God made me this way.
And I plan on walking through life with my head held high.
I'm not going to let anyone bring me down.
I will continue to be ME!

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Teardrops

My teardrops fall like rain.
I collect them in a jar, labeled "pain."
My teardrops write stories, 
that I'm to afraid to talk about.
I dry my own tears because no one else will.
My teardrops flow like rain.
Rain, rain please go away.
I'm tired of crying on these hopeless, rainy nights.
I need two, three, four more jars.
One jar is not near enough;
for the countless tears that fall like rain.

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Depression

Depression is a battle;
an ocean;
a sea of emotions;
a constant battle within yourself.
You're constantly fighting to stay alive.
But, how do you fight a battle;
with thousands of demons against you and no one on your team?
You either win
or
You die trying.

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She Wants

....to run away.
Run away from the person she is;
The pain is suffers.
The tears she sheds.

She wants to be normal.

Someone without depression

She wants peace and serenity.

She wants a life;
         Not
          A
  death sentence.