The Person I Have Become

Can I ever be sure who I am?
Can I ever be whole again?
I have built a person I'm proud to be
But really don't know if it is me
My faith in God has seen me through
And helped me assemble what is seen by you
I constructed a woman of compassion and strength
But deep inside the child who would go to any length
To get the love she needs so badly
To forget the past that left her hurt so sadly
Without all the pieces to make her whole
And all that blocked  her off from  her very soul
I have accomplished building this person
Who can look in the mirror and not run
I have even learned to love her as well
But manys the time when I lived in her hell
She never will someone who will see
the whole of herself for always she will flee
For this person I built to live life with happiness today
Has made many compromises along the way
So the cost has been high and the road long
But to herself she finally can belong
It took going back to rescue her child
To share the love to tame something wild
And the greatest gift she gave herself
Was knowing she could always be there for herself
And finding a way to give of her love
To accept the strength from above
I introduce this person and Lynda Leigh is my name
And I hope you like her and what she has become.

                   Lynda Leigh 8/2002

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