She learned at a young age that depending on anyone for anything was depending on someone too much. She learned that trust is something that’s easily broken, has to be earned and something you should never give away for free.
She learned that the best hearts always get broken and they should be guarded with every wall possible. She learned that promises are broken every day, especially the ones that mean the most. She learned that being let down is just a part of life that everyone accepts.
She learned that people give up way too easily and give in just as often. That people lie and leave without so much as an excuse. That people that should care hardly ever do.
That more often than not, good people get walked on and used by people that don’t deserve to have someone as good as them in their lives in the first place.
She was broken and lost, wandering around this big world all alone. She had more demons than angels. Barely hanging on by the thinnest thread. Just going through the motions hoping someone would notice, care, and save her.
“She needed a hero, so that’s what she became.”
She was tired of waiting for someone to save her. She was done listening to the lies and broken promises that played over and over like a broken record. She was tired of being let down and getting hurt by people she thought she could count on.
So, she became the hero she so desperately needed in life. She picked herself up off the floor and pushed herself forward.
She ended up saving herself.
She no longer needs Superman or Prince Charming to come to her rescue. She’s not waiting for a knight in shining armor to save her. She’s not the damsel in distress.
She got this thing we call life under control all by herself. She’s taking care of business and no longer needs help.
She no longer plays the games of the world or lets people walk on her because it’s part of life. She doesn’t let someone break her that obviously never cared about her to begin with.
She doesn’t need to depend on anyone too much, because she only needs to depend on herself. She doesn’t tolerate broken promises, lies or excuses because she doesn’t have to.
She doesn’t care if someone walks out of her life, because she was doing fine before they came into it. She doesn’t watch good people get walked on, but tries to keep it from happening.
She doesn’t just accept things but tries to change them for the better. If she’s not happy with her life, she changes and fixes the problem. She’s cautious with the world but hasn’t given up on it entirely.
Her heart is no longer made of glass but made of stone. She no longer carries her broken dreams but a sword. She no longer wears sadness but an armor.
She no longer needs a hero, because she is one.
She never even noticed that she was everything she ever needed.
She found everything she could ever need within herself.