The Woman Within

I am a woman I am a work in progress I accept who I am I do not require acceptance or validation from anyone. I care about you as much as you will do the same in return. No one person completes me.  I complete myself.  You may, however, complement my life.  I will, in kind, complement the life that is yours I am loyal and devoted to the same extent that you are to me. I will always add to your life in like kind if you add to mine. If you attempt to coerce, force or take from me, you are a manipulator.  I will not budge.  I will battle you on the ground upon which you stand for the right to be who I am. I will always listen to you.  I will always hear your words and your opinions. I will decide for myself.  You may be a part of that decision but you cannot decide for me.  Do not try. I do not take *hit from anyone.  *hit is best used as fertilizer.  Put it on a farm. I do not take pleasure in power or control.  I take pleasure in unifying love and connecting all

Of friends I have many Of soulmates; rarely true They are friends along a journey To places I never knew I never wanted to take this trip But of choices I had so few The one I chose not to take Leaves me writing this to you. Careful not to turn your head! Looking back you will often cry For what once was can never yet be The past is where one dies. So in perpetual motion I maintain One step ahead of the past One step ahead of the memories of what was Whisps of peace that rarely last. I tire of the distractions The things I do each day But necessary they truly are Demons of darkness held at bay Standing in the shower Tears mixing with the rain Feeling lost within the droplets As sadness goes down the drain. In silence, in the darkness When I lay in bed alone In sleepless dreams they come again And live within my home. With morning sun I shake them off They vaporize as morning dew Another day where they are held at bay They will return at night anew So I c