“2007”

Stricken with the pains of love
catapulted
into a crisis of faith
...and identity
I knew not who I was
or that what I believed
was real

Then I met Greg
who literarily saved my life
shortly thereafter.

Shortly thereafter:

my beloved feline friend
of 16 years, died
as did my job of 9
and a relationship with the only father figure I knew
until then.

And then...

a move to a new state
loss of a car I owned
& loved

my brother committed suicide
WHY?

Loss of relationship with sister.

...

New life begins.

As they say,
"When one door closes,
another always opens"

love lost = love found
beloved pet lost = beloved pet found
adored job lost = new job found
hated city of living lost = new city, always wanted,
found

relationship with father figure lost =
new relationship with real father found

relationship with sister lost =
rekindling of long lost best-friendship found!

I found myself standing before a chasm
at the end of a rough year

wondering...

do I jump in & disappear?
Or do I jump across,
succeeding in defeating
my circumstances?

Well, here I am
at the start of a new year,
so I guess I chose to jump across.

~*~
01/2008

Copyright © 2008 Brenda Barnhart. All Rights Reserved.

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“I found myself standing before a chasm
at the end of a rough year

wondering...

do I jump in & disappear?
Or do I jump across,
succeeding in defeating
my circumstances?”

Brenda Barnhart