A is for Amy
In the beginning, her name is Amelia. She is a quiet, observant baby, then an adventurous toddler. She grows into an inquisitive child and blossoms into an independent young woman. She has her own opinions and she will voice them.
She has high highs and low lows and the doctors tell her she'll get through, just keep taking the medicine.
Then along comes the boy who captures her heart with one glance. She keeps quiet about her feelings for years and when she finally tells him, at a high school dance, he rejects her. She doesn't know why. All she knows is the next low feels dangerously like she will never be happy again and no amount of anti-depressants can help.
The boy who drowned slips into her life, spilling through every crack and chip in her diamond hard walls. In her highs, he gets high with her. In her lows he holds her and tells her it will be okay, because after a storm comes a rainbow. His love breaks her and rebuilds her. She rises from the ashes of her past life like a phoenix. Her name is Amy. This time she will not be broken.
She will not bow.