Struggles By: Lee Ann Owens

People only ever speak about the struggles that we've faced on our own, the fresh wounds we patched ourselves. They playfully pat our backs and congratulate us on how far we've come, but people hardly ever mention "it". All the struggles we've had to endure. Instead of a small wound its like a missing limb and the bandages are our own hands to stop the bleeding, but just trying to bandage the wound is nothing but aching pain, yet we'll still do our best to stop the bleeding. i'm sorry that we've all had to endure our pain alone. all the scars we hide so well, not only that, but no-one's even congratulated you for being so many days clean, you finally finished a full course meal. yet everyone makes you feel like it'll never amount to anything, but the truth is you don't need to keep using your hands to hold your own wounds, it'll lend mine a thousand times before I let you suffer alone.