We are never defeated unless we give up on God. Ronald Regan



She refused to listen

As they said what she

Could not do.

They put constraints on her

With words

Like Spinal Cord Injury

And broken dreams.

She stood strong

In the midst of the storm

Even when she could not stand

At all.



She looked to her faith

And to the God she knew,

The faith that saw her through

She listened

As they tried to

Tear her spirit down

With foreign words

That should have broke her heart

But even when she could not stand

She stood tall.



She would not give

In to the pity or the tears

Instead she searched deeper

And found a stronger place

In her Faith.



Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

Nov.18.08

3: 48 P.M PST

Michelle Kidwell

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