Me?

Written while coming out from under an abusive relationship

Today I found a piece or two
of who I used to be

Hidden deep in timelessness
Was a long lost part of me

Laughter sprang unbidden
Pouring forth like unleashed rain

Ringing over bitter soil
And plowing under pain

Can who you are...forget yourself ?
Lose who you're meant to be

Wrapped and trapped in senselessness
Alzheimered spiritually

Or is one slowly morphed and changed
So subtle it's not known

Is what we lose torn off so fast
We don't even know it's gone

Broken parts left behind
I didn't know had fell

Today I gathered back a few
And found I knew them well

I put them in my pocket
Glued my pocket closed with time

Forever now a part of me
'Cause they were always mine...

~ Cathy Hall Sharpe © 2009~

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