What I Need

A childhood fantasy

An adult reality

Emotions kept

Deeply in place

Affording neither

Their due space

So much of my life

I can trace

Through illusions

That held the day

A solo pursuit

Is what was dreamed

Feed the growth

Was in all it did read

It’s not ego

It's what was believed

Struggling through the day

It was sent on its way

Songs to pay the rent

Time that was well spent

Reaching for dreams

To see what they meant

Win or lose

It was heaven sent

Living my life this way

Made me stronger everyday

I’ve had to do it my own way

Living my life from day to day

Taking in what I need

I had to become the real me

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by Bill Ferguson

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