Wild and Beautiful

I was a strong-willed child.
But then I was broken.

Now there are remnants of
who I was, fragmented shards
scraping against the facade
of who I've been forced to become,
longing to be heard, to be made
whole again... to be free.

And I have a strong-willed child,
a spirited girl
who just longs to be free.

Can I give her
the space to experience freedom
and to be her true self
even when I was
denied the very same?

To be wild...
and beautiful...
To be free.