For Inspiration.

When I think
of the life you lived
I find my inspiration:

to be bold
to laugh loudly
to care greatly
to trust a stranger

to fall in love
to paint with fingers
to expand my mind
to be a woman

to get lost in adventure
to try something new
to take a chance

to put on color
to smile widely
to be myself

to create a masterpiece
to start a following
to put flowers in my hair
to give my heart away

to live in the moment
to dance in the rain
to live a life worth envying
to explore my imagination

to seize the day 
until the last breath escapes my weary lungs, 
singing its final note of the lifesong 
that was laid unto my heart as a newborn child 
with first sights of this venomous world 
that has shaken me to the bone in fear.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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