"Poetry Summer"
9-2-97
The nights are lonely, the sounds are distinct,
I’m alone in my chamber, with nothing to do,
I’m living life as I see it, I’m running on instinct.
I’m living in darkness, and I need the light.
I open the window, and pull back the shades,
The light streams in, and there isn’t enough room.
My spirit is bursting, it is full of vigor.
I need an outlet, I have to do something soon.
I am alone again, and searching for answers.
I look into my heart, and find what I need.
I look into my hands, and I discover it.
A pencil and paper, an outlet.
I am a writer, with a purpose now.
I want to show you my thoughts,
What is really going on behind the mask.
I want you to know. . . me.
You will know me,
If you read, if you listen.
If you think, and you realize,
That there are others like you.
I have had my "ups" and "downs".
I have sensed perfection in my soul.
And I have found a constant medium,
Which I can always venture back to.
I have found a "true me".
It’s not perfect; it isn’t always the best,
But it is me.
And there is nothing I can do to change that.
And as "poetry summer" comes to a close,
I know that expressing myself isn’t a "summer fling",
But it is here to last forever, and to remind,
The something has changed, and the change is me.