One Seeking Confidence Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I can not be around that which clings.
I am an adventurer.
Born to explore,
And to soar as if with wings.

Emotionally dependent I have been.
I had been one seeking confidence.
And the one given no empathy...
Or hints of it known to be shown to see.

I can not be around that which clings.
After healing from my own sufferings.
And doing that with minimal assistance.
Given by those who cared with love to spare.

Emotionally dependent I have been.
I had been one seeking confidence.
And the one given no empathy...
Or hints of it known to be shown to see.

But still...
I can not be around that which clings.
I am an adventurer.
Born to explore,
And to soar as if with wings.

Sometimes in flight and crying.