Cheryl Latonya Givens Poet Dramatic Monologue

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

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