My friends & family in Cwmbran are all fantastic! Hi Guys! But this is for ***EVERYONE*** although it happened in Cwmbran. A young lady called Melissa Bowen walked onto the stage on the Congress Theatre at a talent show. Amidst all the celebrity seeking and reaching for my dreams came a poem that has utterly captured my heart, as I am sure it will yours. It is brutally honest and unrelentingly courageous. She won the show because she won everyones hearts that night. How can Nigel Farage be named as Briton of the Year whilst Melissa Bowen lives and breathes is beyond me. Brace yourselves, this is more than just a poem but a story as well. She is now aged 20, by the way. damn my Welsh sentimentality, I am getting all teary again Dammit! When I was only 14 years old, My life was turned from warm to cold, My soul was left outside to freeze, My body shaking, hard to breathe, With no where to go so confused & angry, As to why I was no longer a part of my family, Suddenly abandoned with NO explanation, Alone cold & froze with no destination, So much hatred & fear polluted my young mind, Suffering from depression of the worst kind, ...I believed that I couldnt be saved, So I resorted to the pain.. of the edge of a blade, Cutting deeper & deeper into my skin, Was the only way of escaping the pain I was in, It sounds silly I know, using pain against pain, But people do crazy things when their not mentally sane, My mind wasn’t clear and my faith wasn’t there, My life was a mess with no one to care, All these feelings with no one to share, My heart was broken... beyond repair, Then something happened that was truly untimely, 17 years old with a baby growing inside me, 9 months later... she was taken away, Because this unstable Mother wasn’t fit enough for her to stay... No words could ever describe how I felt inside, I had no control at all my hands were literally tied, Snatched away from me.. I just couldn’t understand, Or bare to see my daughter in somebody else’s hands, It was from that moment.. I knew I had to make a change, Or i’d never see that pretty little face ever again, So instantly I rose, dusted off my shabby clothes, Picked myself up from the dirt and put myself back in control, The situation I was in, was way beyond comprehension, But what filled me up with faith was that mother daughter connection, I just HAD to be the one to provide her with protection, Having her back in my arms was my one and only obsession, For months I fought.. a tuff battle in court, Surrounded by good people that gave me support, Providing me with hope and filling me with confidence, For the first time in my life people were giving me compliments, Saying heyyyy Mel, Damn your looking well The last I seen you, you were looking like hell, I was in a state of shock that people would even say this, Because I used cry at my reflection on a daily basis, Just over a year later, things are really looking bright, I’ve got myself a job and my past is out of sight, I went from sleeping under bridges, every single night To having my own home and man its looking nice, But what I’m proud of the most, In my world of trauma, Through all the conflictions and the mental disorders How I went from swimming in mud to clear water, Is how I won the battle to be a Mum to my Daughter, So I hope this will inspire you, on your road to be free No matter how bad your situation might be, When you’ve ran out of hope and your world is dark, Just remember that the light lies within your heart. Posted with pride for someone I havent even met!
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:09:02 +0000
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