Dee Daffodil - I Will Allow...

I will allow myself
To wallow in that muck
Called self pity

I will allow myself
To sink below the surface

I will allow myself
To be swallowed up by anger
And yell and scream,
And punch (inanimate objects of course)
And run for miles
Until I drop

I will allow myself
The bitter taste of anger

I will allow myself the grief
That surely comes

I will allow myself the tears
That burn my cheeks

I will allow myself
To shrink into a crumb
And get swallowed by that vortex of despair.

I will allow myself these things
Because I care...

But I will only allow
Them for five days, and no longer
Because even I have limits

And when I rise from those flames
That once had singed me
I shall soar again
As high as once before
For this spirit that's within
Cannot be broken
So you'd better take your best shot...
If you dare! !

Dee Daffodil (HW) 12 February,2007

Dee Daffodil

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