Scared Poem by Faith Feliciano

once upon a time
i was just a little girl
too scared to be free
i was hurt by life,
so broken and bruised,
i tried to walk away from the pain,
but it followed me everywhere i went.
i tried to speak,
but the words wouldn't come,
i tried to talk,
but people told me, NO!
and so i did not talk.
alone, so so alone,
i crawled away crying,
not knowing what to do,
so i found my way
more or less,
to where i am now
and i guess I'm okay.