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I've Overcome

May 6, 2019
By SophiaSonnier BRONZE, New Orleans, Louisiana
SophiaSonnier BRONZE, New Orleans, Louisiana
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I think I’ve finally won

So I’ll lay down for a while


It’s nice to see the sunset when you used to ignore it

It’s nice to see my mother’s smiling mouth when I used to cause the worried wrinkles surrounding it

And it’s nice to feel something when you used to be numb


I think I understand I'm worth it now

I realize I’ve always been

I will be kinder to myself, I hope

I think I deserve it now


I just think I forgot for a while who I was

And I think I realized I’m no longer who I used to be


I’m still a little shaky

But I’ll get a drink and I’ll be okay

I know I’ll be okay


I clean myself up because I was a fire before

And I was an earthquake that never ended

But the tremors have stopped, the land has settled

And the fire has ceased


I laugh at jokes because I used to frown all the time

And I think I’m gonna lay down for a long time

Because I know I’ve won

I’ll be okay, I will


The author's comments:

I wasn't expecting this poem to turn out the way it did, but when I sit down to write everything that comes out usually feels very personal and raw to me, just like this piece.


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