KANZA

I have returned to river of the land of my birth

The river, she sings to me

The trees along the shore comfort me

The hawk and the heron call to me

Looking down the river is like a look through time

History has not touched the banks much

I have forgotten how to BE me

For so long I have been me, but not ME

What was ME like?

What did ME like?

Who did ME like?

Me liked to dance to laugh to love

Me liked to sing, to kiss, to fly

Me loved the world, the all

Me loved YOU

Me had thoughts and dreams

and a need to be noticed...

Noticed, and LOVED

Loved completely, without question or judgment

Me has been hurt and has felt left behind

Me got lost in a new world, a world brought to life

By the body that is ME

A world that began as love, but devolved, no longer compatible

With me

So ME retreated into the shadows

In the shadows ME stayed until ME saw the light

It will take time to BE me again...

ME never really left though and ME will NEVER give up

The game changes and some things stay the same

That part of me that has been will always be a part of ME

But I am going to find out, once again, how to be THE me

~MX