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The Woman They Couldn't Break

  • Apr 24
  • 1 min read

By Charisse Smith

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They tried to silence her

with reports.


They tried to label her

with diagnoses.


They tried to confine her

inside other people’s definitions.


But they misunderstood

the nature of survival.


Some women collapse

under pressure.


Others become steel.


She carried pain

without letting it poison her.


She carried faith

through every dark season.


And when the storms passed

the world saw something unexpected—


A woman

who refused to disappear.


A woman

still rising.


The woman

they couldn't break.

 
 
 

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