Category: Poetry

I stand

Shoulders back

Which is hard for someone so used to using poor posture

To cower down

And hide away

 

I stand

Smile wide

No longer to try to make up for something

But showing what I know is inside

What I know I can do

 

I stand

Ready for anything

Instead of butterflies

I feel the quiet

The calm

I can do it

 

I stand

Ready for conversation

No longer shying away

No longer trying to skate by

But wanting to form relationships

Wanting to make a difference

In someone’s life

In my own

 

I stand

Thoughts positive

Radiating outward

Spreading love

To others

To myself

 

I stand

Excited

With what I’ve done

With how far I’ve come

For the future

For my life

 

So I push my shoulders back

I smile bright

I stand

Ready for anything

Ready for my life

 

I know now

That I am brave

That I have changed

That I am strong

That I am confident

That I can do this

That I have done it

 

That I will continue

Improving

Changing

Smiling

Standing tall

 

I will continue

 

I can do this

 

 

Home

Is it where I have been all my life?
The same room
The same kitchen
The same yard

The same life

Is it who I’m with?
My mom
My brother
My pets

Can it only describe one place?
Stationary and unmoving
No place just like it?

Or can it be reinvented?
Can moving be creating a new home?
Will change create a new home?
A new normal?

But what happens to the old?

Leaving behind the life I knew
What is next?
Where will I go?
How will I feel?

Can home be created a thousand times
A million times
In a lifetime?

The next home I go
Will be far away
Far away from the life I knew

Loss and change have taken people away
There is sadness and triumph
Who will fill my new home?

All of this
Change
Excitement
Fear
Will be used to create

A new life

A new normal

A new home

And it all starts with me