Inner Woman

I am woman

I am love

I am mother

I am childless

I am strong

I am beaten

I am abused

I am loved

I am beautiful

I am loyal

I am broken

I am whole

I am all

I am nothing

And I wear a mask each day I live

I hide behind it all the hurt

I give through it all my care

I see from it the other masks

And know we need them to survive