New Beginning/Change Poem

I AM HOPE

I was someone who always saw life with a silver lining.

I remember looking up to who I saw as my perfect older brother.

I heard the yelling and the door slam.

I saw the anxious expression on my parents faces.

I worried it might be the last memory I had of him.

I thought our family would never be the same.

But I want Change. 

I am stronger now.

I think the darkness makes the light that much brighter.

I need to trust God to be the light.

I try to impact lives around me.

I feel hope.

I forgive my brother.

Now I can change.

I will show more compassion.

I choose to put others before myself.

I dream of loving my children as my parents have loved theirs.

I hope to make an impact in kids lives.

I predict challenges to come but,

I know God and family will be the core of who I am and who I will become

I will change.