But Today, I Will Smile.

the world flickered for a moment,
hindering on the brink of change. and
then it happened. i awoke to find myself
misunderstood and broken.
the lights blinded me as i spoke unevenly
of all that happened in a single moment.
"life seems to be void of truth," i recalled, "and
i don't know who i am anymore.
it's what you did. no, it's not what you said.
it's what you did." it's what your hands did to me
that framed the faults of this unfair world.
i grew too soon, too quick and premature
of all the lessons i began to learn.
life... a word that no longer made sense to me.

until today.
until i met him
and found my future in his beautiful hands.
these hands of which have showed me more love
than i could have ever known.
i am told to never regret what happened. and i'm sure
one day i will understand that it was my vulnerability that
put me in the danger of a cruel man.

but today,
i will smile because
i've found a man more worthy and more giving
than a thousand men alike.