The Who Is Me
For so many it is hard
to dig deep with in
I know this to be fact
but I have to go back to begin
As a daughter
so good I tried to be
Her I could never please
He, well he just loved me
As a student
I never quite measured up
And always ended
with not being good enough
As a wife
I really had no clue
but I was sure it did not
include black and blue
Or to be placed upon a shelf
not even knowing I draw a breath
Another failed marriage
meeting a timely death
As a mother
well I had no example to be
And now too late I learn
I should have just been me
As a woman
at forty I was so confused
I knew not who I was
my own tools never used
I look in a mirror
not knowing the reflection
It was then I knew
that my life needed direction
For years I ambled through
so very lost
To not find me
to be too great a cost
To sort though
all the scary unknown
To dig so very deep
into the hurts that had grown
The pain and shortfalls
were not the real me
My only salvation found
when I went on bended knee
Being quiet, still and listening
to God's whispers upon my heart
Took me to where I needed to be
Right back to my very start
That time seems
so very far away
When I now stand tall
proud each day
If I can leave a smile
upon a heart and face
then I know I am walking
at my given pace
I give of who I am
my heart open and free
I trust my Heavenly Father
to lead me to the who is me
ღ KKD ღ
It is only to Him that I answer
Original by
Donna DeLong Matthews
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October 2012
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