Redemption

Her battle doesn’t stop here

The war, it never ends

She tends to hide her fears

Her love never bends

She’s seen it all and came out strong

Her power is insane

It was deep in her all along

Now it cannot be tamed

She did it all for her kids

So they would not know her broken heart

Now she rests her weary lids

She was whole from the very start.

She learned to mother her own inner child

To sit with her when she fell apart

To hold that girl who once ran wild

And whisper softly to her heart

She doesn’t silence tears anymore

She lets them fall, then lets them be

The pain that once lived at her core

Is now the root of empathy

She built a home where laughter stays

Where tiny feet run through the hall

She turns her ache to brighter days

And answers every midnight call

No child of hers will question love

No child of hers will beg to stay

She became what she dreamed of

And chose that path every day

A steady love stands at her side

The kind that never walks away

He sees the storm she used to hide

And loves her softer every day

Not because she needed saving

Not because she played a part

But because the woman she is becoming

Is the bravest form of heart

She stands; not hardened, but aware

No longer begging to be seen

The little girl is safe in there

And that is what surviving means

The war may hum beneath her skin

But it no longer owns her art

She did not lose. She did not bend.

She broke the cycle at the start.