Note to self
Don't hide inside
Don't go within
By letting your light go dim
How often I have
tried to escape from the world
Going within instead of out
How often I have
felt safer in my own realm
and not in the thick of life
I learned early on
some survival tactics
that no longer serve me well
The cruelties of the world
were experienced
not only on the outside
but within my own home
and I withdrew myself often
to survive
Now, how I work hard to shed
that old, childhood self of mine
By writing to express myself
By never stopping to learn
the wonders of this world
By subjecting myself
to pain and disappointment
that I worked so hard
to avoid
as a child
Because life
is experiencing
the joy and the pain
P. S.
Note to self
Journey on!
Oct 29, 2010
Oct 29, 2010 at 7:17 AM UTC
Note to self
Don't hide inside
Don't go within
By letting your light go dim
How often I have
tried to escape from the world
Going within instead of out
How often I have
felt safer in my own realm
and not in the thick of life
I learned early on
some survival tactics
that no longer serve me well
The cruelties of the world
were experienced
not only on the outside
but within my own home
and I withdrew myself often
to survive
Now, how I work hard to shed
that old, childhood self of mine
By writing to express myself
By never stopping to learn
the wonders of this world
By subjecting myself
to pain and disappointment
that I worked so hard
to avoid
as a child
Because life
is experiencing
the joy and the pain
P. S.
Note to self
Journey on!
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