Because.... Poem by Valerie Reid

Green Grass of Home
Stretches into the distance
Parents with children
Holding hands
Feeding Ducks
Throwing Stones

Across The Water
Ripples Appear
And widen
Like the opportunities
I feel that will open
for me

Open, Honest
Is that Me?
Closed and Guarded
Have to Be
Let them In

They Try to Destroy
I'M NOW A MAN!
No Longer the Boy

They tried to dominate
Humiliate
Negate
Berate

I am, I will, I do what
The Hell I please
Because I'm Grown
Because I'm ME!