I am the LIon

Sitting in my Chair.

Thinking 

how blessed I 

am.

My heart

full

of Love.

God

Gave 

me this.

Hiding

in my closet.

Hearing the

Yelling.

The blood,

The bruises.

Pain.

You liked Pain.

I have a stuffed

Lion

on my

Bed.

I have had 

a lion

on my

bed for

over

30 years.

He protects me.

This Lion,

has seen pain.

I got him

when I 

was 10.

I looked at

him in the store.

I saved up all

my money.

when I got him,

He told  me

he would protect me.

Broken body,

bruised and hurt.

Raped and discarded.

I still believed in

him.

Sitting in my chair 

He looks at me

from 

my bed.

I am 43.

As I look at

him,

I realized

I am saved.

I am here.

I am Free.

I made it,

I 

am 

The 

Lion, I 

have

always been.