As the rain pelts down this New Years Eve
I form a gentle smile at my reprieve
The rain has pelted in years before
Years in which my soul would in anger roar
Lost in the wilderness of my stormy mind,
Buried in a body to which I hadn't been kind
Screaming and wailing, unnoticed, ignored
In a body forgotten, in a mind grown bored
But as with everything a change eventually came,
A chance to delve into sorrow or to remain tame
I opted for sorrow in search of some light
The only path meandering out of my dark night
There were battles and mountains, scratches and falls
Moments of despair and unanswered calls
But onwards I stumbled, tripped, crawled and fell
Finally out of my own bleak and self created hell
Tender, deflated, worn but with hope
Growing, understanding, believing I'd cope
And now I sit on my bed in this years final rain,
And remember fondly my journey, my aching, my pain
I travelled it, lived it, each high, each low
And now sitting here I smile, because I now know
It's me, It is I, She who's empowered
I who can choose to be me or a coward
It's not what becomes of us or where we each go
It's within us all, it's what we all know
I can't change my past years nor would I want to
They're my foundation, the reason I found you
The strength, the beauty, the wisdom in me
I've finally accepted it and set it all free
So I'll begin this New Year unlike those before
With no big promises but with love at my core
For myself and my loved ones, for both friend and foe
Showing compassion for all with what I now know.
The rain has abated and now I must sleep
Content in my soul, happy and deep
Light after darkness, smile after tear.
What we seek lives in each of us, Happy New Year.
Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013 at 9:43 PM UTC
As the rain pelts down this New Years Eve
I form a gentle smile at my reprieve
The rain has pelted in years before
Years in which my soul would in anger roar
Lost in the wilderness of my stormy mind,
Buried in a body to which I hadn't been kind
Screaming and wailing, unnoticed, ignored
In a body forgotten, in a mind grown bored
But as with everything a change eventually came,
A chance to delve into sorrow or to remain tame
I opted for sorrow in search of some light
The only path meandering out of my dark night
There were battles and mountains, scratches and falls
Moments of despair and unanswered calls
But onwards I stumbled, tripped, crawled and fell
Finally out of my own bleak and self created hell
Tender, deflated, worn but with hope
Growing, understanding, believing I'd cope
And now I sit on my bed in this years final rain,
And remember fondly my journey, my aching, my pain
I travelled it, lived it, each high, each low
And now sitting here I smile, because I now know
It's me, It is I, She who's empowered
I who can choose to be me or a coward
It's not what becomes of us or where we each go
It's within us all, it's what we all know
I can't change my past years nor would I want to
They're my foundation, the reason I found you
The strength, the beauty, the wisdom in me
I've finally accepted it and set it all free
So I'll begin this New Year unlike those before
With no big promises but with love at my core
For myself and my loved ones, for both friend and foe
Showing compassion for all with what I now know.
The rain has abated and now I must sleep
Content in my soul, happy and deep
Light after darkness, smile after tear.
What we seek lives in each of us, Happy New Year.
