As I look back
Back across the years
I see myself
Faced with many fears
Day to day choices of youth
Trying to avoid emotional pain
Eventually ending up
Just hiding in the rain
The poet in me
Still searching for words
And somewhere inside
Is my confident voice for sure
To break out of that shell
The prison walls so daunting
To live a life so full
Escape my youthful haunting
Then one day
I found my voice
To put in words
Words of my own choice
Without poetic direction
I stumbled and crawled
As each piece was born
The voice inside had called
From me it beckons
Of passion in pain and love
Ramblings within my heart
All that I’m made of
Was this gift so deep
But I know without a doubt
Certainly, it’s mine to keep
And now ten years later
I look back in retrospect
As I browse my heart’s pages
Quietly I now reflect
The journey is long
My voice is here to stay
And I thank God
For he has blessed me this way
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