Stronger Poem by Poetic Daughter

I have felt and experienced much pain over the years physically, emotionally, mentally. All the pain I have been through first left the most terrible impacts on my life I thought I would never get better. I thought the pain I felt would kill me over the years, I never thought it would get better. Over the years I ignored my feelings and only thought "it will only get worse from here" I would let my pain kill me. I never realized the more I allowed my pain to get to me the weaker it would make me. The pain wasn't what was killing me slowly, what was really killing me was the power I was giving it and the power I was allowing it to take from me. I didn't realize the power that was taken from me until I fought and told myself "I will get better this pain I am feeling will not always be there the depression I am feeling at the time will not consume me I will not allow my anxiety to kill me". Saying this helped me and made me Stronger it helped me realize that I don't and won't always live in fear. It helped me see I am Stronger than these feelings and that my past will not affect my future. My past will not define who I am and the life I am going to live. My past will not be taken with me. I will leave it behind until it is nothing but a forgotten memory. I am realizing self-worth and that I am much Stronger than I think I am. I may not have the best past but with me slowly finding myself, loving myself, and speaking myself I will have an amazing future.