Forged

She is tough and she can be hard.

Believe me when I tell you she wishes it different.

They tell her to rely on others –

That she needs to need people.

Independence isn’t attractive, they say.

But how is she supposed to trust

When she so vividly remembers the day when

Nearly everyone in her world walked away?

Survival required her to become fierce;

It was do or die and she refused to die.

She walked through fire –

Of course she came out stronger.

But that scares people.  It’s too intimidating.  

Why does she have to adjust to your comfort zone?

If she is too much for you, then maybe…

Maybe you are not enough for her.

Her fire and power were born of necessity;

She has proven herself on life’s battlefields.

Why is it that someone who never walked away –

Who never shied from the fray – disdained?

That is the sort of grit you want by your side.

She will never run scared. But because you do;

Because you don’t see the beauty of her power,

She continues to fight by herself.