To Stand Apart

I wrote this after realizing that I was trying so hard to live my life for others and their happiness that I had lost sight of myself.

Feeling so lost
She looks in the mirror
But who is that girl…
Staring back at her?

She is unrecognizable…
Does she seem familiar?

She looks even closer
And begins to question…
“Is this real? Is this me?”

She thinks back on her life
Looking for answers…

It all seems so hazy
As she searches for herself
In her life that has become such a maze

“Where have I gone? Where did I disappear to?
Somewhere along the way I lost myself.”

She had disappeared among others…
Trying desperately to fit in
She even successfully gained their approval
As she became exactly who they wanted her to be

Looking for relief
She gets down on her knees
Praying to God
Though she is not quite sure she will be remembered

With tears flowing freely
She was nervous, and she was scared…
Then she heard the reply…

“My child, I am here.
Please don’t cry for you are loved…
There is no reason to hide your face any longer.
I know you...I know your heart.
Remember, you are mine, not theirs
I know how you worry…trying constantly to keep up the charade…
Desperately wanting to fit in…not to be judged
Don’t you see you are who you are for a reason
You are different from them so that you could stand apart
So that you could make a difference
My dear child, I know sometimes it hurts…
But I know that you can do this.
Become the person you know you were meant to be…
Look inside yourself…you know who you are…you know how you love.
Be yourself and the rest will fall into place.”

She wipes her eyes and replies…
“Thanks God, I just needed that reminder.”

She looks back into the mirror
And remembers the words she had just heard
A smile forms on her lips
A real smile

She turns around with her head held high
She walks forward and prepares to stand…
To be who she really is...
To stand apart.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Inspired Writer 2010]

I absolutely loved it!!!! I totally identified with it.