I CAN'T GIVE UP

This is for all the victims out there, who want so much to be a survivor...It will happen for you, I promise one day it will.....

I CAN'T GIVE UP

Torturous images brought my world to a halt

So many years of heartache, reliving the abuse,

Trying so hard to hang onto something concrete

But often just feeling "oh what is the use."

My mind in a haze not knowing what to do

Give up, and let my abuser be king,

Or fight for my life, to live and stand strong

But so many visions in my eyes, with tears that sting.

I want to be a survivor

And hold my head up high,

To make my heart feel love within

No more tears that make me cry.

So I can't give in, I need to stay strong

Release the past, tell my inner child evil is done,

Gently I whisper and hold her so tight

Soon we will be strong enough to be one.

written by Mary Graziano 

August 10, 2012