Still Standing Poem by Autumn Hanna

The words were sharp and condescending, but I strode past them in leaping bounds,
They may have made me wince but they never knocked me down.

It was hard to get used to life carrying such a deadly secret,
The burden may have slowed me but it never knocked me down.

Beauty on the inside, but much, much different on the out,
It may have made me take a second look, but it never knocked me down.

The pain is always there, but I'll never let it show,
Because with such a lethal disease it's hard to keep up hope.

But I'll keep fighting, I won't let this Sickness bring me to the ground! !
As long as there's strength left in me it will NEVER knock me down! ! !