There were weeks and months, and a lot of war. 

The moments of worst sorrow.

Everything disappeared. 

Happiness seemed out of reach. 

I wept till I was gently taken away. 

Recovery would take decades; a long life

But, I have seen a great many things in this world. 

There's a multitude of stories; beauty and brutality. 

The only truth I truly know;

I was haunted by my own thoughts, by those around me, by humans. 

But, I can promise you something. 

Although I was so angry and afraid,

Although I was stepped on several times, 

I’m better now.

On the brink of my extinction,

A voice told me, “Don’t worry, young girl. You’re safe, just come 

a little further. Just hold on a little longer.”

Another said, “Don’t you know I love you?”

A third called out, “Come with me and I’ll show you something.”

The words remain stapled to me.

Everyone says there’s a girl who survived one of the toughest wars 

of them all; the battle between human and thoughts.

At an unfortunate time, good luck had somehow made its way to me;

For that’s how I am the survivor.