The Blank Page

I am a blank page

Erased your signature from my past

I am a blank page

No more am I going to let my life be defined

By someone like you

The person who didn't care enough

But let her daughter live with the shame

Of having holes in her clothes and not a dime to her name

I am a blank page

No more will I let you mark me because

I am a blank page.

And I will fill my own page

The signatures of my page will be of my choosing

I am a blank page

But I will become full with signatures

The signatures of people who truly love me

I am a full page

A page that can finally belong in a book

I am a full page and you,

You can't sign me.