There was time in my life when all I saw was mostly negativity. I spent my days always in dread of the unpredictable, the battles in my head I was mostly on the losing team. I came up with the worst case scenario you could ever imagine.

Today I have become a more positive person. I see all that is possible for me and what I am capable of. I know my limits and what drives or holds me back. This poem is a reminder of how I use to be.

All I see is darkness infront of me

shadows they blind me

my mind it taunts me

my past it haunts me

nothing is what I have

no one is who I am

like vapour all my plans vanish into thin air

blinded is what I am

outcast in my homeland

alone and tormented I roam the streets

my smile is fake

I say yes with ease

I’ll do anything just to please

blinded is what I am

in agony I groan

not capable of appreciating all that I already own

too much to bear what this life demands

too much to carry what’s in my hands

blinded is what I am

a flicker from within slowly ignites

my once blinded eyes have seen the light

a raging flame takes me to higher heights

where there once was darkness now there is light

no longer the person I used to be

like a phoenix from the ashes

I rise…a new me