Outside forces crashing in

Heavy, burdened, caving in

Just keep moving, try to grin

You have STRENGTH, just LOOK WITHIN

You’ve had VALUE from the start

Your first breath, and beating heart

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

When outside forces crash right in

Pressure to excel in school

Anxious, whirlwind, life is cruel

Just keep moving, try to grin

You’re so SMART, just LOOK WITHIN

Every day we have the CHANCE

Choosing how we should advance

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

You can do it, dive right in

For who you love you’re ridiculed

Blaming, claiming broken rules

Just keep moving, try to grin

You’re BRAVE to love, just LOOK WITHIN

There’s beauty in your CHOICE to love

As innocent, as a dove

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

Hope and love will someday win

Clothes too small or out of style

Feeling shame and fashion trials,

Just keep moving, try to grin

You’re cloaked in PATIENCE, LOOK WITHIN

Clothes do not reflect your worth

Your kindness, impacts all the earth

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

You’re UNIQUE, you set the trends

You have no home, and no peace

Weary, weakened, feeling weak

Just keep moving, try to grin

You’re RESILIENT, LOOK WITHIN

Today you may not have a home

Keep building SKILLS, though you may roam

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

Someday, you’ll have a home again

Abuse disrupts your daily life

Oppressed, confined with angst and strife

Just keep moving, try to grin

There’s LOVE inside, just LOOK WITHIN

External things, may cause us pain

Inside, our light SHINES though it rains

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

This isn’t where your story ends

Addicted to, smoking JUULS

Confused, convinced that it is cool

Just keep moving, try to grin

Choose life, your TALENTS lie WITHIN

Break the chains, of smoking drugs

Your true ESSENCE, is enough

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

You have the power to begin

Distanced from your family

Shackled with hurt, just break free

Just keep moving, try to grin

You have POWER, LOOK WITHIN

Even if your family’s gone

You’ve got the WILL to carry on

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

Hold your head high, and you will win

Longing to dull all your pain

Inflicting cuts and burns in vain

Just keep moving, try to grin

Don’t self-destruct, please LOOK WITHIN

Your MAGIC comes from all your traits

Your personality is great

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

With HOPE, your scars will surely mend

Life is full of wins and fails

Possibilities and tales

Please keep moving, LOOK WITHIN

WE ALL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN!

Wendy Smith & her daughter, Estella

This #AJourneyCalledSmith was written by Estella Smith, and proudly shared by her mother, Wendy. Follow more of the series HERE!

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