I AM!

Sometime when we think God didn’t answer our prayers, we just didn't realize he did by giving us the strength to do it ourselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I AM!

Truly, I am,

 

a woman that has been beat down,

crawling on hands and knees.

Begging for God to make it stop,

He answered none of these.

Who will be the one to end this,

to make this nightmare cease?

 

I AM!

Truly, I am,

 

a woman that has fought to leave,

to build a better life.

Homeless, shelters and hungry kids,

strangers craving such strife.

Who will help me find us a home,

someone more than a wife?

 

I AM!

Truly, I am,

 

a mother alone full of fear,

searching for a new way.

My children so dear and trusting,

unsure of what to say.

Who will make this all turn around,

to make blue skies from grey?

 

I AM!

Truly, I am,

 

the one to reach deep down inside,

Move forward and not stray.

A woman with my head held high,

No longer scared to say,

Who is worth everything I did?

Who found a brand new way?

 

I AM!

I AM!

I AM!

 

~Melody

Author's Note

I was told a short while ago, to put a little of my past in verse. I waited until I thought I could do it some justice. I am not one to talk of negative...yet it takes the negative and the positive to make a charge. Hope you find my understanding in, this little piece of me.

Reviews

[Riley]

I love this poem it is very inspirational! Being a strong woman who is independent and doesn't need a man to help her, she is able to pull through on her own. I admire that strength in a woman. I have a friend who would relate well to this poem and I admire her strength and endurance through the strife of her life. I will have to share this with her!

[Kimberly "Melody" Carney]

Thank you ,though I must admit that I am a strong woman and I don't need a man...but, the one I am with I wouldn't want to be without.

[marytownsend]

The strength in this poem shines through! I believe there's nothing stronger in this world than when a woman has had enough and begins to live for herself and her kids! Beautifully written!

[Akhand Pratap Singh]

Beautiful, truly what GOD gives us is not the direct solution but the strength to do it ourselves so that we could learn to stand on our own even in worst times... Loved it

[caroline]

Lovely. It illistrates the old song my Helen Reddy. "I am woman hear me roar."

[Mockingbird]

excellent poem. it is atrocious what happened to you. you're a strong woman to have overcome the trial and tribulations.

[Donald Cole]

yes, you captured this so vividly. I love this. I spent 5 years working at a dv womens shelter and I was abused in a relationship. I know the struggle, i know the fight. And it is not an easy struggle and it leaves a lot of questions. And God, sometimes just gives us the strength, to deliver ourselves.
I love Maya. she is brilliant and you did well with this real piece of art.
thanks Melody
Don
you found it inside of you, you are strong.....

[Kimberly "Melody" Carney]

I am no diffrent than the next, we all have the same courage. Courage is like a muscle...the more you use it...the stronger we get. ;)

[cynthiabuhainbaello]

I have read "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and your poem here inspired by that piece is remarkable and full of relevance & meaning. As writers, we draw our writing from past experiences and how this made us feel and "rise" to be what we are now. The poem says all of that and how you managed to regain you own identity and eventually your own life. It is a well-written work, congratulations.

[Rhea752]

beautiful, powerful, breathtaking, emotional, poignant, daring, ect. i could do on and on about all the good points in this poem but that would take forever. great write!!! :)

[MOON]

Poignant, affirming write. You the only one that can change the situation.