"Deep Within...

...You Don’t Know”

By: Stacie J. Whitaker-Harris

You don’t know my battle,

I shouldn’t even be moved by the things you say and do

You’re just angry because I am no longer your puppet

You can’t make me dance to the beat of your drum

Or sing the same old sad blues songs

You don’t know my pain,

I shouldn’t even be surprised by your lack of compassion

You’re just angry my thoughts are now elevated and you can’t control me

You can’t make me lose my cool

Or come apart at the seams anymore

You don’t know my new found joy,

I could have stayed in the box you created deeming it my grave

I could have become bitter, outraged, spiteful, vindictive and withdrawn

I could have decided love was a non-reality for me

But instead, I am elated to have found all the things you could not provide…

Self-worth, abundant peace, joy, hope, strength and the greatest love of all, deep within my own being