I have learned that it’s alright to be alone.
To hour a duty, but not lose yourself.
I can clean or laugh or work or cry.
I have learned that we must be strong when apart;
For we cannot always be together.
And no matter what happens I am with the living.
I have learned that no cry goes unanswered.
Time rights all wrongs and no one is ugly-
unless they are ugly on the inside.
I have learned that scars heal.
That black cheeks are not as painful as black hearts.
Giving in is not my salvation.
I have learned that I am real.
Not an object to be moved.
Even wood hurts sometimes.
I have learned that it’s alright to be confused.
That I am loved and to love is not a simple task.
I have learned to be content with simple things.
A purple flower in a field.
I have learned that I can be loved;
That I have friends who care –
and who deserve my love in return.
I have learned that people change.
The most important thing of all is to find who you are to yourself.
I have learned that forgiveness is strength.
If I can forgive someone –
Then I am alive!