I Wrote a New Poem (and don't try to steal it)

YAY the end of my close to two year writer's block!

Puzzle Pieces

Trying hard to fit in
Don’t know where the real me’s been
Losing myself in the meaning
Of what other people think
Tried too hard not to be me
Lost my way
But now I see
That the road less traveled is the road I need
Blurred is the line between me and her
Tattered the soul that lies within
Stretched in the distance is a journey’s end
Answers will appear much further
Searching self darkness for the light
Wandering aimlessly through mind’s night
Where is the place where I should be?
What is the way that I should see?
Too much time gone and wasted
Not enough time has passed me by
Many sorrows pains and pinches
No scars to show what’s learned
Finding the way through life’s valleys
Separating fact from inward scorn
Running from dangers imagination
Running toward excitement of life unseen
Throw away everything
Keep nothing back
Collect bits and pieces
Discard the trash
Round the round beginning no end
Infinity’s loop, gravity’s spin
Checkerboard patterns in the daylight
Thoughts smooth as satin flowing bright
Embrace release relax inhale
Believe forget emote impale
Open textbook word upon word
Writing speaking teaching turn
Health and feeling
Thought and speech
Bright dot visions
Felt beneath
Puzzle pieces willing to grow
Fill in the spaces as we go
How to fit and work and be
Only years will make new me

©BAS 10/24/05