Better 2017

Forget about that girl from yesterday
Because she is long gone now. She
Is strong and is a better person today.

Forget about the girl who you used to see
Crying on the floor in a heaping mess
Because she has people like you and me

To help her up. She is not anything less
Than human because this year brought
Her more than a curveball. She says yes

And learns to say no. She has fought
Her whole life to be who she is. She will
Not let the demons win. She taught

Herself to stay steady even on the uphill
Path to something different and new.
She has picked herself up and is still

Making her way through hell. You
Bet she has not forgotten about those
Who brought her down, but she has to

Let go of the hurt. Darling, she glows
And all you have to do is just
Watch as she knocks down her foes.

*written for DUP'S 2016-2017 NEW YEARS RESOLUTION PARTY contest.