Empowered

Debra Reay
Aug 7, 2022

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Photo by Rushina Morrison on Unsplash

You underestimated
The power of one’s mind
The strength and courage
Empowered with a force
Too strong for you
I am here, standing free
Living proof, I made it
Telling a truth that you dread
Naming and shaming
All freely and without fear
Mind and conscience
Clean, guilt-free, and driven

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Debra Reay

Writer, Poet and survivor of childhood abuse! Author of poem's~A Child Unloved, Soul Destroyed and more recently, The little girl in yellow bows.