Words once pierced like needles
Silence weighed like stone
You held your breath for dignity
Wept in places unknown
But still you grew in secret
Like ivy against the wall
Those moments that almost broke you
Now make you kinder to all
May you be treated gently
Not ignored because youre strong
Healing is not never hurting
Its choosing to love after wrong
Some wounds wont disappear
But youll learn to live around them
Wear them like medals of mercy
And walk into a dawn thats welcome