I Am Indestructable by Mandy Steder

I am a thirty-year-old woman,
Stuck in a fourteen-year-olds body.
I am strong, and yet I am weak.
I am happy, yet depressed.
I am the girl you see hiding in the shadows,
The woman you see in the corners of the alley,
The teenager you try to help,
I am like you, Feisty and fun,
But I am different.
I have no plans, yet I am busy.
I am busy, yet I am always free.
I am there when you need a shoulder to cry on,
And I am the one you come to with your woes.
I am the girl you wouldn't consider asking to the movies,
The one that wouldn't be asked to go out for a shake
I am not here for the purpose you are using me for.
I am not a beanbag, or a pillow.
You cannot hit me and get away with it.
Just because I am a woman, doesn't mean you are better than me.
I will be here to listen, but only to listen.
I will not catch your punches, or take the blame for your lies.
I am strong, and I am smart.
I am here if you need me,
I am there if you have problems, anytime at all.
Hey, dump it all on me. I am there for your disposal.
I am the human trashcan. My only purpose here is to help.
I wouldn't dare cry in front of your buddies,
Or fight with my higher power in public.
Or take a little time for myself.
You can hurt me, but you cant bring me down,
no matter how hard you try to kill my spirit,
It will never die, at least not without a fight.
For I am a woman,
And I am Indestructible.

grey (4.62.216.243) -- Monday, September 27 2004, 05:50 am

brovo
i relate to this 99% i would fight with someone who is older or better or whatever in public if in fact thats what that one line means but my srcasum and stubberness is to blame for that

mandy steder (10.50.2.51) -- Friday, January 28 2005, 07:23 pm

thanx
i really like to read other people's comments on my work. if it werent for your comments and support, i wouldnt keep doing what i do. (well, i would. i just wouldnt share it).

Diamond (152.163.100.197) -- Wednesday, May 25 2005, 06:24 pm

relate
i can really realte to this poem and i think everybody that reads this gets a different interprtation to me its about a girl just like me always there for everybody and then this same girl is getting abused and how ever much he hurts her she still manages to survive and not let him crush her spirit...i was in an abusive relationship and i finally got out of it but he still calls so he isnt officially out of my life...but this made me stronger... "What doesnt kill you makes you stronger"

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