Who am I ? I ask myself
More everyday
I am not the one I was
That’s what I can say
Each day I am so different
From the day before
Because of the things in life
That I have endured
Some happy, Some sad things
Have so shape who I am
Yes I have so changed into
What I have become
Maybe not in your eye
I may not seem different
Than the day before
But I surely have been changed
For this I am sure
I feel that each day I live
I learn so much more
And it just makes me
To want to learn more
I cannot stay stuck as the same
As I am today
I’m growing much older
And wiser I’ll say
I learn things from everyone
And all that I see
I pray that it’s better
I have grown to be
And feel that there’s so much more
To do in my life
There were many times I surely felt
I had too much strife
I felt that twas nothing there
Inside me to use
I felt I had stagnated
Not learned a thing or two
I dreaded each morning that
A new day did bring
But this I can tell you now
Something has changed me
I wish I knew what it was
That brought to my life
This way to communicate
To say my words of life
Although my words may not be
The best from my mouth
They are from my inner soul
You know this by now
If you do read, much of what I have wrote
You’ll understand more of me
From what I have wrote
I’m saying things I’ve kept in
Not often let anyone see
I’m telling what’s happened in
My life don’t you see
I must bring this to a close right now
Must end these words from me
Or paper I’ll run out of
Or make you sick of me
Yes you will get tired of what
I’m writing cause you see
The thread of thought at the start of this poem
Keeps turning because
So many things come to mind
So I’ll just take a pause
So I’ll stop now before you go
And put me away
I’ll stop writing anymore
That’s all I can say
By Ronald Gainsford
© 2000 Ronald Gainsford
BY RGAI
