I lay here feeling warm and a bit sickly Bringing myself back to where I belong In front of a piece of digital papyrus and my fingers caressing the keys And creating life in forms of fiction and nonfictional word play Writing of things I’ve seen, things I’ve done People I know people who have touched my life in one way or another Persons who have decided to leave my life Ah let them go to live their own All is well And I have learned that now I say good bye to the one who made me experience love for the first time I say good bye to the one who makes callous remarks to ones he held dear I say goodbye to the one who acted as superior as they wished they were I say goodbye to the new born youth and wish them luck and my the spirit of life carry you I say good bye to the one whose time I wasted and to them I give an apology as deep as my insecurities for I wish I was stronger to confront them when you were around but at least now you know what makes you happy I say hello to the one who is in the pit of despair as I was but only 2 years ago I say hello to the one who is in a moral quandary not unlike mine all those summers ago And I say hello to the one next door whose footsteps remain to be right behind mine, my dear friend I love you and I shall help you, all of you for you would and have done the same for me And I fall to my knees and bow my head onto the gritty ground in praise of the radiant beauty of the soul that has picked me up and taken me to what seems to be the realm of relief Words cannot express the thanks and worship I have for you I say good morning to the one who brings out the human in me I make lunch for the one who feeds my heart with love so pure and true I will take you where ever you want; you want to be with me That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard No wait that is your voice so sweet and honest it’s like the blast from the shiny brass trumpet in a jazz jam Oh, my life has been renewed My life has changed Yet again but it has never stopped Nor shall I I will continue to grow and learn and unavoidably get hurt along the way I had what I thought was the most important thing in the universe taken away and completely and utterly destroyed I lost my faith, faith in it, faith in myself, and faith in others Until I saw that nothing had changed I was just facing the wrong way and not listening to my inner self I am now back on the right track and I will fight to make sure nothing derails me