The Journey-a poem

  The Journey

I can't find myself, she is no longer here,

Kidnapped by pain, loneliness and fear.

I am here in the dark, alone and unarmed,

Yet knowing that I will escaped totally unharmed.

The journey is long, but I see faint light ahead,

I choose not to flee, but to stand and fight instead.

I begin with one step, and then take few more,

I keep my eyes straight ahead I don't know what's in store.

With each step I take, a drop of fear falls,

and the new me is waiting, I can hear her calls.

The walk will be long, maybe weeks, months, or a year,

but at the end I will meet a new girl with no fear.

She will look just like me, my identical twin,

but she will be different, at home in her own skin.

We will look to the left and see the little girl lost,

for this journey of mine has come with a cost.

I must say goodbye to the person I once was,

all stories must end, as this one does.

And all I can hope for, all that I seek,

is to find my inner strength, no longer so weak.

So this journey begins one step at a time,

come along with me please and watch me change over time.