sacrificial life

faith
family
integrity

i have sacrificed
all that
i was
for what i thought
would last

a family
false as pyrite
not worth the mica
but among
those plastic beads
a tiny
grain of sand

a pearl
in the making

but for that pearl
i gave up
EVERYTHING


how
can i teach my daughter
to be like
tempered steel
when i folded
and lost?

the girl i was
three years ago
would
kick my ass

for who
i
have become

today