I was wrong...

I once mistook tough for strong now I know I sure was wrong.
Thinking you always must be in control can really wreck havoc on a misguided soul
Learning how to manage it all happens after a great many fall
Today is my day and no matter how it goes you simply have no say
Things once thought to be out of reach are the very things I am now able to teach
Each day is mine for the taking cuz its a whole new day of opportunity  in the making
The best is yet to come though there's been plenty of greatness where I'm from
I can remember the days of abuse if that's how I wanna provide an excuse
We all have a story that combines agony and defeat yet the simple truth is here we are on our own two feet
My new chapter started in 2011 and I swear in the beginning it felt like heaven!
Shortly thereafter the consequences of earlier choices dealt me a swift blow for this to happen was something I could not know
Down on my knees I did beg with a pretty pretty mercy please
Relief wasn't received without a fight though in the  end I did prove to be right
Here I am in round 2 of an unexpected battle of mine all cuz someones doing quite some lying
This isn't heaven cuz I  ain't no saint this is my personal paradise and it aint one anybody can taint
Now I know I ain't tough, (perhaps a little)  but there ain't no mistaken my strength  is now fully awaken...