...a bit of faith, goes a long way...

I wish you knew me 

back when I was actually me 

you see, usually, I'm not like this
usually I take each and every risk;
I'm pretty free and I'm a laugh to be-

around. I'm not dark or troubled

by nature, though I confess 

sometimes I am, but most days 

I'm so happy and grateful 

to just be alive, to just be me

to give; simply-

to walk and write
to converse and fight

to make this world,
a better place-

though right now I'm displaced

I'm somewhere else and yet 

I'm trying, I am- 

to find my way back again

to learn to live with this

thing, to come out of it

better, not bitter- but its tough 

and I just need some time. 

so don't give up on me

-yet!