On My Own

Where were you when I was down and needed you to lend me a hand? Where were you when I was weak and needed to lean onto you? Where were you when I was lonely and needed you to be by my side? Where were you when I was beset with doubts and fears and needed your assurance? Now I have come to depend on myself and need you no more, Now I feel secured down here and do not need to be picked up, Darkness had held me in its comforting arms for many silent nights Now I do not need the blinding rays of light Nor do I need the guiding trail to show me the way, In the wild ways of wilderness I have now come to find my sanctuary. In the midst of the gathering fog I stand alone, I am the one who set sail in the foreboding storm, Now I see clearly in the darkness and savor the lilt of the stormy nights, I can sail calmly into the wild seas and fault no one if I hit the rocky shores, For I am the master of my fate and I will unflinchingly yield to the death’s overtures… Then so be it! ~"I'm a Survivor" contest by Julie Rodeheaver