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The Girl I Used To Be

© more by Stephanie Bennett-Henry

Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.

Try as I may, try as I do,
there are days when I wish
I could go back
to the girl I used to be
and tell her about
all the roads to avoid.
But if I did that
I may not have become
the girl I am now,
and I am too proud of her
to risk taking even one piece
of her journey away.

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ABOUT THE POET:

Stephanie Bennett-Henry is a born and raised Texas based writer who shares her personal experiences through writing and poetry. Stephanie's ink flows eloquently, creating beauty with her words of motivation and inspiration to raise women up, no matter what stage of life they're in.

Stephanie enjoys spending time with her husband and her...

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