A Girl Like Me is Impossible to Find :)

After A While - Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while you learn

the subtle difference between

holding a hand and chaining a soul

and you learn

that love doesnt mean leaning

and company doesnt mean security

And you begin to learn

that kisses arent contracts

and presents arent promises

and you begin to accept your defeats

with your head up and your eyes ahead

with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child

and you learnto build all you roads on today

because tomorrows ground is

too uncertain for plans

and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn

that even sunshine burns

if you get too much

so you plant your own garden

and decorate your own soul

instead of waiting for someone

to bring you flowers

And you learn that you really can endure

you really are strong

you really do have worth

and you learn and you learn

with every good-bye, you learn

With this poem, i realised that i chained his soul to mine and with this poem i knew i had done the right thing by setting him free. With this poem, i know i can depend on others, but not forever nor not any time that i want them to. With this poem i realise with every obstacle i encounter, i endure, i overcome, i grow. i despair, i fall, i sink but i will stay afloat.

and with every goodbye, i learn.