Aleta's Remarkable Poem

Aleta Talber has turned her past struggles into art that she hopes will empower others to make changes or think differently about their situations.

DREAMS

When I was a young girl…I had many dreams and they all were about helping people…A nurse I thought...they save lives...I even wanted to be a farmer’s wife…lol…I don’t know why…My point is…your dreams hold onto them…no matter what you may want to do or go through…

Set those goals…set those goals…and you see them through… Myself I loved school and I still do… my dream to be a nurse… but my dreams to be a nurse I could not fulfill… at an early age my dreams were destroyed…I couldn’t even help myself…my mind, soul and heart were lost…penetrated by a babysitter… a close family friend…then predator after predator, man after man …For fear I kept quiet and held things deeply within…from ages five to fifteen my innocents gone…

Well at eighteen I married divorced…but divorced after seven years…had four boys and a girl…after divorce drugs became my friend…it took precedence…I sadly cared about no one… not my children, family especially myself…My children suffered…my life too…my hope was all gone didn’t know what to do… I wanted to change…couldn’t take no more…in Mary Haven second time resulting from hypnosis…learned my increased using covered my horrible memories… it took all my self-esteem, moral, respectability, motherly pride away…lost care, love, respect from everyone…I even gained a pathetic claim to fame…my new names was crack head and because of college monies ATM… man oh man…recognized couldn’t do it on my own… no Mary Haven or Woods of Parkside would do… still couldn’t make it right…came back home and after a week would continue to use.

Oh I sought JESUS… he changed my life day by day…then learned he’d been carrying me the whole way…he’s made me totally brand new…He died for us to have this chance…He is no respecter of person so give my God a try…I have his Salvation, Love, Righteousness, Peace and Joy too…He gave me my respect back …my name is Aleta Talbert, mommy and grandma too.

I Love You Jesus and Thank you God for you…Give my GOD a chance in your life…as he will changed my life he will do the same for you…

JESUS Loves You and I do too.