by Latrisha Smith-Barney

Created on: May 27, 2009

Bent But Never Broken

I have been tossed to and fro by raging winds.

Bent to the extreme, but never broken.

I have been battered by angry storms.

Life has not always been kind.

Death has knocked at my door, too

many times to count.

I confess, I have been intimate with poverty,

pain, and injustices.

I have been suffocated by the pain

of my broken, bleeding heart.

I have been knocked down by life's cruelties,

but somehow, I am able to struggle back to my knees,

and rise slowly to my feet.

I am able to move forward, and press on against the raging winds.

I am bent to the extreme on either side, but never broken.

Written May 27, 2009

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