I've been sitting around this life for years,

Not enough laughs and too many tears.

Trying to figure out where it all went,

These wasted years that I have spent.

Searching for something to go beyond,

Life's a stone skipping across a pond.

At the last skip, it hits with a splash,

Down the stone sinks, gone in a flash.

Pushing and pulling, it's tearing apart,

Poking and prodding an underused heart.

This dark velvet curtain that hides my soul,

Living this life has taken it's toll.

In a flash of bright light, the curtain is torn,

Tumbling down all tattered and worn.

Revealing new life, a child within,

Born free of hate, of suffering and sin.

Now my eyes see what has never been told,

Striving forth happy, confident and bold.

Into a world that's unfamiliar but friendly,

Into this new life my spirit will send me.

Living and laughing, loving it all,

I stood myself up and answered the call.

The darkness has gone, replaced by the light,

I gave up the darkness with hardly a fight.

I've been sitting around this life for years,

With laughter aplenty and hardly a tear.

Now I can see just where it all went,

Cherish every moment of this new life I've spent.