A clean slate.
A fresh start.
A new page.
And a new heart.
A new outlook,
On a new chance at life.
A fresh beginning,
All opens tonight.
I cannot express
This presence I feel
But hold it out
For the world to reveal.
For alone I chose my life to be
For I thought no one cared to care about me
Until just today did I first step out
And place myself in a vunerable state and shatter my world of doubt.
I chose to be a friend though no friend was found
And in the least likely of places I was not let down.
People have hurt me time and again
They've lied and they cheated and taunted my name.
I've been beaten and bruised and broken and bossed
I've been kicked and trampled and scarred me and mocked
But something inside was still crying for friends
I was sick of loneliness and self-defense
I need someone though I said I did not
And it took all I lost to see all I've got.
Thank you to all who I am so blessed to call friend!
~Ilene Rose
