I thought I was where I wanted to be, only
To find I was in the wrong place. Each day
A dying,
Everyone a waste of a life.

Hopes and dreams flickered out touching the
Lives of others, painfully I learned to get out of
A life,
When it was not the place to be.

Life raced by a pace. Dogs barked at wolves as
I passed. I howled at the moon, I paused, did
Not dwell,
Hardly broke my stride.

I had tracked those dreams across a lifetime,
Without learning to, or wanting to live that life.
Never knew
How to love or be loved.

I knew there was no going back, and unable
To outrun the thoughts in my head, the blush
Of dawn
Shattered my illusions.

The knowing always knew the race was run,
And the sadness and anguish of that folly
Welled up,
Glistening In my eyes.

Still the spirit in me still burned. Beaten I had
Been but not defeated. The fates laughed as
They do.
Me? �� "I put a smile on it all." ��

Different I like it