by Mary Ellen Johnson
Excitement and reluctance glimmered ahead
New job, new city, new friends, new apartment waited
For the transformation and independence of the new life.
Was I ready, did I know? Nt a clue that
Life as I knew would usher in such deep studies and emotion.
The new world ahead was a promise fulfilled by an inner soul.
I laughed, I cried, I pursued spiritual and physical higher planes
As a lost love found a new love in my newly confident self.
Growing to your potential is difficult as new relationships
Beget new horizons, and the old self bursts out of its shell
Releasing new challenges and hardships as I say goodbye to
Unknown heights and lows and marvel at newfound avenues.