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My Life Belongs to Me

by Debra Rose (Age: 26)
copyright 09-04-2006


Age Rating: 10 +

Life is the elixir,
my lover,
and I could never have enough.




I have tasted the sweetest wine
my lips have ever imagined,
stood on perilious ledges,
and gazed at the beautiful deserts.
I've touched the clouds on the Rocky Mountain's peaks,
and lived to tell my story,
I've drinken from the cup of life
and I haven't even gotten started.

I've felt the throbbing in my chest
of love and life fulfilled.
I've known the beauty of flying free,
existing for only oneself.
My feet stand planted on the ground
by my head has pierced the clouds,
I see clearly through the fog of dreams
and now know my own way out.

I hold firmly to the simple truth
that I can change the world.
I am one small soul, but a leader still
and I will fix myself.
I will rise not like a pheonix,
but instead I will be the strongest pine.
I will hold true for years to come
and tempt others to take the climb.

My arms will grow and multiply
till I can grab all of the stars.
I will share them with all the ones I love
and I will see places near and far.
I will conquor the world that's waiting
and I will leave it better in my wake.
I will be the capitain who's ship causes waves
that can only manage to aid.

My tenacity holds me strongly
and I hold the future within my reach,
and my hands have grabbed for all their worth
and I'm living this life for me.
I could be the president,
a mother, a leader, a friend.
I can be whoever I want to be,
and I will still be me in the end.

I will sacrifice my bad habbits,
I will hold sacred the good I must leave,
to grasp the new beginnings,
to move forward into the sea.
I have let go of land to cast off
up into the boundless sky,
and for the first time
I've spread my wings--
for the first time,
I fly.

For I am who I make,
my future belongs to me.
I am not a victim of circumstance,
and I am not a victim of me.
I refuse to be chained by my habbits,
I refuse to live life drifting at sea.
From this day forth,
I take control.
For my life belongs to me.




I just moved into my new place in Kansas, and I've decided to change my life and start anew. No more junk food, healthier living, healthier life, and a life lived for me. No more anti-depressants (I'm over two months without, and loving it), no more dependency on sleeping pills...

...no more still considering myself an addict.

I'm changing my "I am's" and changing myself. And I love it.






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        11-25-2006     Sammy Anderson        

Grats on the amazing poem and breaking your addiction!

I love this piece. It's so motivational and free!

Good luck with your new life. I know you will be happy!

-Sammy

        11-06-2006     Richard Reed Jr        

Bravo on a great message
and a great piece of writing.

We do indeed make our own heaven and/or hell.

This write gives hope and inspiration to us all.

Thanks for this,

Rich

        10-15-2006     Tara Manning        

wow that's such an amazing piece and such a great expression of your strength. My first read at PnP in a very long time i'm glad it was an awesome one!! love the passion and imagery.

        09-30-2006     Lisa Harmon        

a very powerful and motivational write. im really pleased that you have finally found you. carry on like this.

        09-04-2006     David Pekrul        

This sounds like a new Debra Rose to me, and I'm happy for you. If things start turning sour again, just read your words again, or better yet just read them often, so you will be able to keep your determination.
This is a very powerful, positive and uplifting write.
A couple small critiques:
"I've drinken (should this word not be 'drank'?) from the cup of life"
"I refuse to be chained by my habbits, (should be 'habits')




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