“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 abode 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