I lost a life…
A childhood I will never get back…
A baby girl given away in the hopes of a better life…
To a man who could only use her and abuse her…
I can’t change any of it…
Even though my mind and heart have tried to countless times…
I can’t undo what has been done…
All I can do is forgive them…
And let the pain and past go…
Learn how to live and love again…
Maybe the only closure I needed was to find the love within me…
The love never given to me..
But one I always needed…
I needed to love me…
I needed to take care of me…
When those around me failed to…
When walls of protection were really imprisonment…
Where love was a manipulation and a never ending game…
But the love I have now…
The love I give to myself….
No one could ever take that away from me….
And I know….
At the end of the day….
I have peace and true happiness in my heart…
Worthy of a love that’s real and unconditional…
Lauren Kim Art 