Strong in It's happened, what now.

Stop telling us we’re strong
What we’ve gone through proves our prowess
We’re not superhuman
Our traumas don’t endow us

Strength is not a byproduct
Of tears or adaptation
To circumstances trapping us
With abuse or degradation.

Strength comes from within
When your world is uncontrolled
And you must choose the right thing
To bring your world back to its mold

Strength is when you have a choice
To stay and fight or run
And you choose to stay and fix it
Just to save another one.

Strength is not existing
because death is not a choice
Living when you can’t die
Will never give cause to rejoice

When the world around you is grey
And the world inside is black
And death will only make it darker
You’d rather risk the blowback.

When pain is all around you
And pain comes from within
You only want the pain to stop
Your not trying hard to win

Sometimes getting through it
Is not a strength at all
But simply a desperation
To cause the pain to stall

We’re not strong because we didn’t die
It would only make things worse
We’re not strong because we couldn’t fight
And managed to avoid a hearse

We’re not strong because someone saved us
We didn’t help at all
We just became the victims
While the floor prevented our fall

You don’t know until you’ve known it
That moment that you find
You must put one foot in front
And another one behind

And move on to the next moment
Because it’s coming ready or not
The clock keeps ticking forward
Each sound like another gunshot

Just stop! you think, I need a minute!
I can’t keep going on
But time, it drags you forward
Like a puppet or a pawn.

And for this you call me Hercules
For this you say i’m strong
For doing what can’t be undone
And not managing to be gone.

I’m not strong because of what I did
I simply had no choice.
The strong are those who choose help
To Lend a hand or voice

The the strong are those who can run away
But choose to turn around
The people who can turn their eyes
But instead risk being drowned.

Yes I went through trauma
I’ve had cause to make me cry
But stop telling me I’m strong
Because I didn’t get to die.

Last updated April 17, 2023