I Still Stand... Poem by Joy O' Pateng

I bet you wish I was dead
You wanted to see me fail
You thought I would stop
Striving after my success
The Hurricane Katrina hit
Me and.....I still stand....

Men have came and come
Into my life and so has females
Came and ate me like they were
Ravens and Crows craving off
The dead..they left me strained
But still I stand....

I've fought all my wars
I've been beating, I've won
Some gold medals and I've
Went home empty handed
I walked, walked and walked
Till I hit this concrete wall
...Bounced me back but I never
Fell.....I still stand...

Walked out by many people,
Laughed at by the world
Abused by my own flesh
Broken by my own intuitions
Avoided by my pets
After all....look at me now
I still stand.....