Untitled #9

For years I have wondered
Lost and quite alone,
Creating a world in
Fantasy and light....
Never really here,
And never really there.

My dreams have changed
Or reshaped themselves
To include many successes
And many failures along the way.
I continue on be what I am
To continue to grow and learn.

I have seen friends come
And I have seen friends go...
I watched love live and
I have watched life extinquished
Before it had the chance to
Be what it truly could have been.

Wishes came and went throughout
A life lived between happiness
And sadness, pain and joy
To be granted and denied
As the Goddess saw fit.

I have lived a life
Filled with joy and wonder,
I have denied myself many times
And I have indulged myself
To the point of excess...
But I have strived to forever be.

Each day, each breath I take,
Every person who has come along
Has taught a lesson, shared themselves
To me, about me and about themselves.
I am me, that is all I can be, I live, I learn, I teach, and I am....

For each lesson I have learned
And each moment I have lived
I know that I will continue on
To give of myself, but that's
Not all I will do.
I will never give up on me.
~Raven
20 September 2007