For Diane

For Diane You are young and so alive and I am old but with the fire still alive We come from places far apart and still we connected at the heart I have fought the fight you face it happens in a very frightening place Your troubles lie within your past and time moves ever so fast Slow down time - remember who you really are you're not the person they say you are Not the one who's lost control or the one who'll never be whole you are a very special person with a loving soul Life is a gift most take for granted and it's true your past life can't be recanted It happened as you remember it With all the pain and all the ****, but you can stop living in it You can go on by learning to forgive yourself and live a life not free of trouble, strife or yearning but ever still a rewarding life of love and learning I will help if you ask and I'll get right to it But for now I love you and pray for your recovery knowing full well that you can do it As I have fought and so far have won you can do so as well to free yourself from your personal hell Long after I have passed and left this place please know I left remembering your beautiful face It is the joy of my life to know when I am dead and gone that you will go on - doing for someone new what I have tried to do for you Your special smile tells me we have won Although a temporary victory it shall always be As you will learn and I truly believe "one day at a time" is the key. I love you and I know you love me.