Speak Lil Beasley Poem by Linda I. Weischedel

I am thinking of the most trusted person I have always knew you to be,
yet it seems you are drifting futher and futher away from me,
this all came about when I finally allowed the true, real me to surface and be free.

One thing I knew you, and a lot of others never thought you would find,
is me no longer holding back to speak with what's on my mind.

You don't think through sheer haste,
this loving, caring, bond, as in our 35 year relationship is going to waste?

I rearranged, working so hard on this must needed change,
setting out to be the person I am now today,
I must also say, you are who you have always been,
though there is a sad part to this,
which is a shame and a total sin,
we have now unconsciously begun to taint our
heart's trusted sanctuary within.