Title: The Strength In Me Writer: Valerie Gonzalez

When I stand alone, I can never fully stand stable. For the longest time I never knew what it meant to be Strong. I had no inspiration in my life. My weakness ate away at me, and every time I tried, I failed. My heart was always shattered into a million pieces lying sprawled out on the floor, and all I could do, was stand back and watch the world walk across broken pieces of my heart. I never fully believed in myself because I never thought I had anything to truly believe in. But one day, I found my inspiration. My inspiration was very much like me. Unsure, weak, unstable, pessimistic, And at time, very much alone. But she became my strength as did I hers. We held each others hand and struggled to overcome the doubt that we could both plainly see in the emotionless eyes of so many people. People who thought we would never make it, who never believed. She gave me strength. Strength I never knew I had. Now more then ever, I see my strength slowly beginning to vanish from my life, and my inspiration beginning its own. A life without me. I can feel The delicate, vulnerable person that I once was beginning to over take who I have become. The person she has helped me become. She helped me find the strength in me. But as that ineffectual, frail individual that I once use to be becomes more a reality, I can hear my inspiration telling me that she believes in me, and that I won't fail, because in her eyes, I never have.

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