Loving Me For a Lifetime

Wandering around I could feel I was losing
Every ounce of me seemed so confusing
My strength had left me, no longer strong
Everything I did just felt so wrong

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

Acting like a zombie my mind froze still
Losing every inch of power and will
The light had gone there was nobody home
Being trapped in a circus dome

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

But something within me pushed my soul
Pulling me back from the darkest hole
Igniting my senses I could suddenly feel
Lifting me away from my Achilles heal

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

Just a curve which makes me rounded
Keeping on my feet and staying grounded
Reaching out for love and ignoring my being
Searching for something without really seeing

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

Seeking hard and trying to find
Looking out for others and being too kind
Suddenly my eyes were fully open to see
The person to love and cherish was me

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

Loving myself was so hard to do 
Searching my soul without feeling so blue
Trusting senses and following notion
Finally putting it all in to motion

Loss and trauma had driven my madness
Crying for help and feeling such sadness

Now moving forwards with patience and grace
Feeling love with a smile on my face
Treasuring my heart in kinder ways
Looking upward until the end of my days
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 2/16/2015 3:35:00 PM
Very nice, Ruth...And how so very true!! :) john.
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