I have created worlds
I have loved more raindrops than I can count
I have forgotten many more seconds than I have lived
I have written poetry
I have wished on stars and clocks
I have lifted books to my nose to smell their words
I have forgotten my name
I have cried for people who never existed
I have spent the day angry for the sake of a character
I have run on rain-soaked streets
I have spun on stockinged feet
I have danced for laughing eyes
and I have witnessed the demise
of so many things--
I have sighed beneath the stars and thanked who ever put me here
for giving me a beating heart that sings when I cannot.
