Apologies From A Woman

I am sorry 

that I am not the

most beautiful of women

but my soul is made up 

of all the people I have met

and I have taken the best parts of myself

and painted them on a canvas to show 

so then others can see 

the courage I have to

go out everyday and live my life

without fear or worry

and I too will smile 

because I am no longer afraid 

of the demons that haunted me

because I am the light that cuts through

and makes me them run far away.