All You Need Poem by Leah Ayliffe

I would walk the woods at dark
music loud in my mind
a mystic song in my heart
while the moon glimmered modestly
a diamond glowing soft
the winding path led to roads
maybe some headlights would pass by
and maybe they will go on
or maybe they would stop with a desire for the girl walking alone
Some stranger, sometimes more than one
walk behind, beside, in front of me
I suppose it's a danger being that I was born a girl
clearly the sexual appeal is my scandal
my responsibility
Since I get told again and again
Foolish girl, daring in the night
A man with a plan could walk up to you at any time.
Fool I may play
'Cause I don't care what any man, or woman, has planned
this is my life and my game
I let the river flow effortlessly and carry me where it may
My mother had told me I was wrong to think like this
I told her I believed in a kind of fate.
This sort of faith I had since I was a kid
and scared of nothing and everything as it were
'cause nothing made sense and I was insane.
She told me I was testing fate
I was always testing fate
death didn't make sense to me anyway.
So onward I dared, perceivable dangerously,
to the neighbourhood park, at dark
swinging high, head back, staring up at the navy blue sky
watching the silver stars move as I fell up and down on the playground swing set.
And you know something? More than a fair share of memories were started from there,
Cause I had friends who were just as crazy as me.
I'd see their silhouettes dancing in the street.
Sitting out late at the corner store, stealing candy bars, walking far by the school yard
We'd sing a song that was our only story about love, boys, and dancing til dawn.
Oh girls, silly, foolish girls with tempting desires.
Years may be spent, and here I lay on the concrete ground staring up at the sky
I'll never doubt you again, sweet serendipity,
I follow blindly to the irrational pulls inside this soul and mind of mine
'cause this river I'm drifting in will keep me safe as long as I'm surrendering.