I am strong minded and smart

I wonder how my niece and nephews are growing up

I hear their laughter in the back of my mind

I see them running around the yard

I want my family back

I am strong minded and smart

I pretend to smile

I feel so empty and lost

I touch their precious faces

I worry where my sisters are

I cry over my broken family

I am strong minded and smart

I understand who I am

I say everything happens for a reason

I dream for the day I have my family back

I try to make sense of it all

I hope for the day to be reunited again

I am strong minded and smart...