Out From Within the Shadow

My Journey

Out of all the opportunities

in the world,

the one I chose was mine

and on this lovely morning

I see it all has worked out fine.

I didn't get to travel the world

and see the sights around

or see any of the 7 wonders

set there to astound.

I didn't search outside of me

and return to find me there.

I didn't turn my back on

all that I love and care.

I may have searched a bit in books

yet all I seemed to see

were words there of encouragement

of this path to set me free.

I kept my heart there, up most

each step along the way,

even when it seemed to feel

that it was hard to start each day.

I looked into religion.

Some concepts may ring true.

The morals and the values

just allowed mine to shine through.

Some journeys I had to walk into.

Some I was there from the start.

Each and every one of them

I felt I was a part.

I didn't go out to find things,

I brought things close to me.

I added them to my gift of life

to see how they would be.

When they added value

this I seemed to know.

If there became a battle

then I learnt to let them go.

This wasn't always easy.

There sometimes was a hold

yet looking back the reasons were,

for me,

this to behold.

I didn't step off my pathway.

I chose the one for me.

I listened and I understood

and I did it naturally.

A part of it I studied

to gain a great career.

I merged this then, with healing,

so from this I could not veer.

Some came

within guidance from others

at the times I could not see

and straight away

within them times

it all rang true for me.

These were my 7 wonders

that most people go out to seek

and it was these that kept me going

on the days that seemed so bleak.

I live within multi-culture,

through this I learnt to understand

working and living together

and experienced this first hand.

Within a conversation,

that one chose to have with me,

within this tiny part of the world

a lot of pain was just set free.

If only for a split second,

although the ripples still went out

and even our lives then stayed the same

we both knew what it was about.

I met lots of people along my way,

these made up friend or foe.

Of which,

became irrelevant,

they helped guide my way to go.

Sometimes

I left my comforts

but for this I did prepare.

When everything was all sorted and packed

all that was left to do was share.

Some people tried to hinder.

That's fine!

I went with this,

on the other side of frustration

there was always

a place of bliss.

Looking at it now I see

they could have saved me from the way

of finding something different

to where I stand today.

I didn't want to be saved.

I wanted to walk my way.

I didn't want to find something different

to where I stand today.

I'm glad I've walked my journey.

To walk another's would be strange.

Each day of my life

has made me up as me

and there's nothing of it I'd change.