WE'RE WALKING A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER WHO WE ARE
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND YET WE'VE COME SO FAR
A CHILD, VICTIM, PRISONER, SLAVE
BEATEN, BROKEN, SCARRED, AND IN PAIN
LOVERS, FIGHTERS, MOTHERS, FRIENDS
CHRISTIANS, SISTERS, HEALING WOMEN
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
WE'VE BEEN HURT AND SCARED
WE'VE CRIED AND LAUGHED, HIDDEN AND SHARED
APART WE WERE SILENT, NOW TOGETHER WE FEEL
SOCIETY DEFINES US BY THE MONEY WE EARN
AND SCHOLARS DEFINE US BY HOW MUCH WE LEARN
LOBBYISTS DEFINE US BY THE BOOKS WE BURN
AND MOST FRIENDS DEFINE US BY HOW MUCH WE SERVE
WE'RE NOT SOME STATISTICS JUST STUCK ON A PAGE
WE'RE NOT TO BE DEFINED BY THE MONEY WE NAME
WE'RE NO LONGER VICTIMS, PRISONERS, OR SLAVES
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THAT BEING ABUSED WAS OK
WE'RE FINDING WHO WE ARE, WE'RE REACHING INSIDE
WE'RE DISCOVERING TRUTH, WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE
WE'RE INDEPENDENT AND STRONG, YET HUMBLE AND MEEK
WE'RE BEAUTIFUL AND KIND, WE'RE HOPEFUL AND FREE
AS YOU LOOK AT ME AND I LOOK AT YOU
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US ALL, WE HAVE LIVING PROOF
THERE'S NOTHING THAT MONEY CAN BUY
ON FREEDOM, HOPES, AND DREAMS WE ALL FLY
BY FINDING WHO WE ARE, AND LEARNING HOW TO FEEL
TOGETHER WE HOPE, TOGETHER WE'LL HEAL
(this was written by me a few years back. For those of you that don't know what i've been through I was a rape/child molestation victim. I am a survivor of abuse of sexual, physical, and emotional. I know that what I went through isn't right but I am a strong independent woman and NOTHING anyone can do can hurt me. I will continue to heal and be who I am and NO ONE can change me)
Thank you for reading.
Ashley Nichole
aka
Sexichica88