The Emancipation of "me"

There was something different about today I noticed as I knelt to pray With thoughts playing my life in rewind These are the things that came to mind: For so long wanting to hold on To this relationship because we started as friends Or maybe that's what I wanted to believe, in fear of being alone again I was disappearing inside Drowning from the numerous tears I'd cried Standing still as life passed me by No longer would I allow my spirit to die So...I laced up my shoes and hit the ground running, as far as my life's path would take me With a renewed mind, and not looking behind, I chose to set "MYSELF FREE" I was running from the past that haunted me Running for the ones who think this is how things should be Running for the one who couldn't or wouldn't speak out Running for the one filled with self-doubt Running for the one with low self esteem and for the one who's depressed Running for the one who can't see how good can come from distress I was running from you, to run into "ME" Into the woman whom I was predestined to be Though exhausted and mentally drained, to turn back now isn't an option for me Today...I stepped out on faith, and now "I" AM FREE