The Weight of Words

The Emma Fulham Poetry Book Appeal

 
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'Perception' by Tracy


From Chapter 4 - Recovery

'Perception'
by Tracy

If I hadn’t been ill,
I wouldn’t be the person I am now,
Aware of my courage and beauty, perhaps
I would still be oblivious to the love surrounding me,
(Though it had to be shown through parents’ tears,
And friends' pleas.)
I wouldn’t know how to meditate,
Or how to send the blues away, perhaps
I would still be fearful where
Now there lies faith,
Today my health must come first,
For without my body I have nothing,
And my happiness has priority over the
Rat race, the difficulties, the lies and the fears.
Now I am happy within,
So they can say what they like, think what they will,
I am here; I am me, happy within.

Tracy

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