I Take Responsibility

I Take Responsibility: You gave me many choices today: Walk away or stand and fight; I chose the warrior's way. To sit and listen or raise my voice; And louder I became.. Be at center or be in chaos; I spun out of control.. Sing your praise or a war chant; I dug my trenches low.. To learn from actions or to react; I chose to leave my mark. To see with gratitude or blinded by anger; I was in the dark. To create harmony or disturb my own; Not a tear would I shed.. To see through wisdom or through pain; And I saw only red. To walk in beauty or cast a shadow; I became as night. To feel connected to your wings; Instead I took a solo flight. To learn new ways or repeat the old; It all circled back around. To exercise patience or frustration; But I was too unwound. To walk your road or blaze my own; With fiery gusts I ran. To waste this day or make it count; Too fast the night began. Now the day is done and time is gone; Before it's very end. I feel remorse for my bad choice; May I make amends. Darlene Doll Smith