A Deeper Understanding

When I was young the way ahead was clear, The simple choices lay in front of me, But easy street is such an empty one, And I forgot the thrill of living free. My heart must rue the blindness that held me, The chances missed as I embraced my fear, Those nightly dreams I thought could ne’er be mine When walls of doubt denied all I held dear. My eyes opened within a leap of faith, And I stepped out of normality’s line, I took a chance to live and be myself, And there I saw my life could now be mine. My heart may break into helpless despair So it may know the wonder of a kiss, To know love is to know bitterest pain But love, wondrous love, makes life what it is. Form: Heroic Stanzas