She Learned the Hard Way

She learned at a young age you could not depend on anyone.
She learned people will disappoint you and turn their backs on you.
She learned to trust herself...
The small voice within and let it guide her.
She learned the hard way the world can be cruel and fate even crueler.
She learned if you want something you go after it yourself…
That no one is going to give you anything.
She learned love can be masked behind brokenness, wounds, and pain so deep that it can break you too.
She learned that a genuine human being will ask nothing of you, take nothing from you, and show you kindness and mercy.
She learned through much heartache that if a man truly loves you he'll treat you like his queen.
She learned to love herself back to whole and found her voice again in a world that was dead set on silencing her…
Keeping her down and invisible.
She learned her song and sang it with grace.