BETTER NOT BITTER

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I have been crushed like a rose petal
My heart has been broken in bits and pieces
I have been verbally and physically abused
Threatened and accused
Thank God not mentally
But I am better, not bitter!

I have loved and lost
And I have paid the price and counted the cost
They tried to crush my self-esteem
But my self-esteem is still intact
God’s got my back
I am better, not bitter!

I have been passed over for promotion
Even though I have my qualification
I felt I had no worth
Felt like the scum of the earth
But God has given me rebirth
I am better not bitter

I felt unloved, unhappy, unappreciated
Demotivated, even hated
My heart has been caged from all the rage
But then you came along
And I felt I belong
I am better not bitter!

I love me
I feel loved, I am happy, I feel appreciated
I am motivated not hated
The cage around my heart is slowly falling apart
I am better not bitter!

Be patient with me
God is not through with me yet
What you see is what you get
And you ain’t seen nothing yet
I am better not bitter!

I am confident, I am bold
I shall come forth as pure gold
From the crushed rose petal
Comes a strong woman of mettle
I am better not bitter!

Sharon Johnson-Wright is a Self-Published Author of Vantage Point: An Anthology of Poems; written in Patois and English and available on Amazon. She credits her influencers as cultural icon Miss Lou and poet Joan Andrea Hutchinson. Sharon lives by these words “Wat a fi yuh, kyaan bi unfi yuh” and “whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap.” She is a woman of God and mother to two handsome boys.