To love myself at last

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    To love myself at last

    Sometimes in the night
    I lie awake with tears,
    wondering how I wasted
    so many of my years.

    Time has given me chances
    I just let pass me by,
    never believeing enough in me
    I never really even tried.

    Now a season as come
    to once more get it right,
    to lift myself from hells grip
    and take my desired flight.

    The picture seems to dim
    and my eyesight is but weak,
    but somehow I think I can
    stand up on my own two feet.

    I have what I need
    it lies deep within,
    and with all that I have
    my life will now begin.

    I may not go to fast or even
    make the grade,
    but I will not be defined
    by the choices that I've made.

    Life is way to short
    to live in the past,
    It is time for me to live again
    to love myself at last.

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    StandingBear commented on To love myself at last

    06-30-2009

    Yes to love one's self can be one of the most difficult things in life to accomplish. I'm glad you love yourself at last. Great write.
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    dragonheart1 commented on To love myself at last

    06-30-2009

    When we let go of the pasy,we still have memories and when we learn to love ourselves we move forward much easier despite our past pains.
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    BlackKnightOS commented on To love myself at last

    06-30-2009

    Saw this poem displayed on the home page here at Op.com. I had to come by and read it again. It is a well written poem, Po. :o)
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    dragonfly1023 commented on To love myself at last

    06-28-2009

    I love the determination and pride in these words. we all get knocked down by life but the fighters get back up. you go girl :D
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    optimistic commented on To love myself at last

    06-27-2009

    I'm glad that the old has come to a halt challenging self can become an impossible task sometime, I experience this on a day to day basis however creating a new you and standing upo to those challenges is all possible. Good poem
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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