Looking ahead into the future
I am walking away
From a past I have known so well
The future looks so strange and confusing
There are so many things I want to do
So many things I want to be
Walking into the future
Is like walking on a tightrope
My first steps are those of an infant
Learning to walk
All I can think is,
"Oh God, what if I fall?"
On my journey, I will encounter
Many falls and setbacks
After a difficult fall
I will ask myself
Should I give up?
Turn back, defeated and alone
Continue on
Finish what I have begun
As I rise and dust myself off
I make my decision
I decide to let my dreams, hopes
And desires guide me
Until no longer am I peering
Into the future
But the future is mine
�1991