I Didn't

I didn't ask for this
I didn't ask for the hands that weren't mine to touch my body
I didn't ask to be put in foster care
I didn't ask to be beat
I didn't ask to be hurt
I didn't ask to be used
I didn't ask for my heart to get broken time and time again
I didn't ask for people to pick me up then put me down once they were bored
I didn't ask for deadbeat parents
I didn't ask for the parents who did care to leave
I didn't ask to be treated less then human
I didn't ask to have mental health problems
I didn't ask for any of this 
Yet it still happened
The hands that weren't mine would roam on my body making me hate every inch of it
I did get put into foster care and learned that survival meant staying quiet
I did get beat
I did get hurt
I did get my heart broken over and over again until I learned not to trust
I did get picked up and put down at other people convenience
I did get deadbeat parents
I did get parents that cared then were gone 
I did get treated less then human
I do have mental health problems
Just because you don't ask for bad things to happen doesn't mean they wont
Eventually you learn that even though bad things happen, good things do to
I woke up today
I have friends and a chosen family who love and accept me
I have an amazing partner
I have a roof over my head and running water
I have a place to lay my head every night
I have so many little blessings that help me make it through
I didn't ask for any of the bad things, but for every bad thing a good thing has come out of it
I am stronger than I ever could've been if I hadn't been through this
I am smart and compassionate
I love hard and with my whole heart
I am not quick to anger
I am understanding
Without the bad things the good things might not be here.