Forward...

Turn and look at me, see how I search your soul for something to believe, turn and watch me leave you. I stand before you stronger than I have ever been before, yet when I walk away tears stream down my checks hotter than the sun on my skin. You see how I shine as my shadow slowly creeps your way while I walk into the sunset. Just when you think it is time to reach for me you come to find only the cold darkness of my former self. As I walk to a new door and reach for the handle I stop to reflect upon my love for you. In the beginning I yearned, in the end I cried and now I am walking away. As the door opens I see a future of unknown surroundings and for the first time I am no longer scared of being alone in this world. My first steps are my own and my thoughts stick with me as my true self. I surrender to nothing but my own mistakes and I have made so many up until this point. How many more could there possibly be? How many more lessons are there for me to teach and learn as I step slowly upon my uncharted ground I now call my future.