11/07/2026
A POEM BY 10 YEAR OLD TRINA.
(Posted with her permission)
Today, I walked. Not because my legs are strong…
but because my heart is.
I know what it feels like to be afraid.
I know what it feels like to be scared when the sun goes down.
I know what it feels like to wonder if anyone will help.
Then one day, Grace Villa found me.
They held my little hand.
They told me, “You are precious.
You are safe. You can stand.”
But as I walked today, I wasn’t only thinking about me.
I was thinking about the little girls who are still waiting.
So today I choose to walk.
My feet may still be small,
But every little step I take
Says every girl deserves a home.
Every girl deserves to sing.
Every girl deserves to feel the joy that childhood brings.
Please don’t look the other way. Please don’t say, “It’s not my fight.”
Be the person who says, This child deserves what’s right.
I am only ten years old,
But I know one thing is true:
When we protect one little girl,
We help the whole world too.