Because Of Them... Poem by chantelle ribeiro

Influenced by life
she sometimes hides
Her heart of gold
For a while shared
the opening of a rosebud
A miracle born from love
She understood
She found her voice
Saying things she never said
Frightened by her own strength
She turned away
And now
with the sense of summer
Anticipation of things to come
She forgets
The same shallow people
They embrace her
Smother her
As I walk away
Too late she will awaken
Once again bewildered with regret
Her best friend lost forever
because of them