Faith And Courage In My Life… Poem by WENDY KAY TADDAY

I'M LIVING MY LIFE LEARNING HOW TO ACCEPT
THE WAY I AM AND HOW TO MOVE ALONG
I HAVE BUILT UP MY COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO HELP ME GET AND STAY STRONG
MY MIND IS ALWAYS LOST
AND I HAVE GOT SO MUCH TO RELEARN
SOMETIMES I WISH MY LIFE WAS LIKE A BOOK
I WOULD TAKE THE PAGES OF THE LAST 14 YEARS
AND SKIP THEM AND TRY TO RELIVE THOSE YEARS
I LAY AWAKE FOR HOURS ON END WISHING EVERYTHING WOULD JUST GO AWAY
I AM SO TIERED OF FIGHTING THIS DAMN SICKNESS FROM DAY AFTER DAY
IF YOU ONLY REALLY KNEW ME MAYBE JUST THEN YOU WOULD SEE
THAT THIS SMILE I WEAR COVERS UP ALL THE PAIN I HAVE INSIDE OF ME
EACH DAY FOR ME IS A NEW BEGINNING AND EACH DAWN IS A FRESH START
I STRIVE TO FULFILL MY HOPES AND PERSUE THAT THAT DREAMS SUSTAIN WITHIN MY HEART
NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT FEELS TO BE ME, SOMETIMES WHEN I CRY MY TEARS FLOW FAST AND FREE.
AS PEOPLE WALK BY ME NOW I JUST WONDER WHAT THEY SEE
BECAUSE I SURE THE HECK AM NOT THE SAME PERSON I USED TO BE
THE DISSAPOINTMENT IS ALWAYS THERE JUST UNDER THE SURFACE OF WHAT I COULD HAVE BEEN
THE YEARS HAVE NOT TAKEN AWAY WOUNDS, THEY HAVE JUST TAUGHT ME TO DEAL WITH THEM…..