SHE
© Jidda Ahmadu, All rights reserved.
Once upon a time,
there was a girl, so broken,
she could barely crawl and
writhe her way through life's mud.
Then a friend said to her
"One day, we will laugh about this."
She grew to a woman and
laugh, they did.
The rich sound of her mirth
like winged fairies,
dancing in the night breeze.
It left an echo that rolled seas
and tickled warm bellies.
Till it faded to a happy sigh,
leaving a soft smile
to adorn the beauty of her face.
Denying her existence will change nothing,
she is and always will be.
Author notes
This is personal, my thankfulness for having grown stronger as a person. And to that old friend even though at the time, you were probably just harried, trying to calm a distraught, hysterical girl. And wont remember this as you grasped at words. Still, thank you for all those years ago.
