A Change You Won't See Poem by Jessica Gabanyic

School never prepared me
For the hardships that life would throw at me,
At eight I lost my grandpa,
Was never prepared for the tears
That continued to fall to this day,

School never prepared me
For the mountains that I've had to climb,
At thirteen I begged for help,
God heard my plea and granted it,
To this day I need help,

My mother never prepared me
For the heart break,
I'm now twenty-one and I am broken,
I am broken with nothing more than the walls
That I have built around my heart,
I am broken with nothing more than the knowledge
That I will keep pushing people away,

Broken is who I am,
Where Anger forms in the pit of my stomach,
Where tears never stop,
Not even if I tried,
Where the cuts and bruises meant I won,

This world may have never prepared me for anything,
But I will conquer my unending loss
With the awareness that he is watching me,
I will climb the highest mountain
Until I make it to the top,
I will win this battle
And ain't nothing getting in my way
To the top