I Have Me... Poem by joanne fenner

It took me 26 years to write these words,
Words that I would have read, but never have heard.
I am older and wiser and now I see,
The gift I have in life is that I have me.

I do not have to ask permission to speak,
If I feel like crying this does not mean I’m weak,
When I laugh out loud, this is not wrong,
I can finally dance around to my favourite song.

No more thick make up to hide my face,
A natural head to hold high has a lot more grace.
Everything in life you must do for you,
Not because some friends you won’t see again tell you to.

My life has had a lot of sadness,
But what I have learnt from all this madness,
Is do not listen to anyone else,
If you make mistakes make them for yourself.

Only you can make up your own ending,
Do not go through life with issues pending.
Free your heart from any pain,
For if you only have this life, you may never be you again.