Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Still Standing

Life has thrown so many curves at me, I've dodged some but many hit me right through and tore me apart. Leaving me broken and battered.
~ But against all odds, I am standing tall!
Life has knocked me down so many times. It has shown me things I never could have imagined and led me to places I never knew I would go.
~ Yet against all odds, I am still standing!
Life has shown me ugliness in its true form. I have experienced rejection, betrayal, sadness and failures.
~ But against all odds, I am still standing!
Life has not only harassed me but it has haunted and hounded me. Taking me to depths I never thought I will rise from.
~ Yet against all odds, I am still standing!
Life has given me names I never would have loved  to bear and hate to bear. Ive known reproach, hurt and pains by their true names
~ But against all odds, I am still standing!
Life has crushed me severally and ruined my dreams, hit me below the belt where it hurt the most. Sipped every strength in my veins till I was too weak to stand.
~ Yet against all odds, I am still standing!
Life has shown me the way out, but I have chosen the way in. It has thrown me to the grounds, but I have chosen to rise each time.
~ And against all odds, I am still standing!
I'm still standing, I'm still standing, I am standing tall! ...
~ For Against All Odds, I'm still standing, Standing tall!       

©Gee Bee 26th February 2014                                            

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Beaten by the Rain

Like a man beaten
by the rain
I was badly beaten
by the words
you spoke
and the ones
that you didn’t.

Lonely, wounded,
battered, confused
used, abused -
were the only words
I knew yet couldn't spell.
I hid not only tears
but the scars.

For so long
I lived
on my own tears
And no one
could console me
For I was far
too broken.
Years of desolation,
betrayals,
failed trust,
oppression,
depression,
fear of the unknown,
uncertainty

stole away
my youth
and my strength
but as I wipe away
this tear on my cheek,
I say no more,
NO more,

No more
beaten by the rain
I have found
a shelter
and
will no more
be beaten by the rain.


©Gee Bee 12th February 2014