Change You
Written by Kelly Ann Wilson

I have faced many trials in my life

Yet, I remain a steadfast dreamer of wild and reckless dreams.

I have suffered unbearable pain

Still, I strive to be a safe and gentle place.

I have seen unimaginable cruelty in front of my own eyes.

But I look every spring for the flowers when they bloom.

I have been dismantled
Chipped away at, piece by piece
Until I couldn’t even recognize myself.

And said this is where it ends.
It ends with me.
I will be the one who breaks the cycle.

There are those who witnessed the violence
And chose to stand by someone
Who would ever harm another human being
And I knew then
That no one was coming to save me.

But the greatest thing I will ever have done
Was the work I did
To save someone else.

I know I am someone
Who carries the weight of grief with me
Everywhere I go.

But that will never diminish my capacity
For such deep and vast love.

As time goes by
Over the years
People will fail you
And life will let you down.

Do not let it
Change you.

Written January 12, 2024
© 2024 Kelly Ann Wilson