Lost And Found Poem by shamika thompson

I lost myself years ago and now I'm in search
To find myself even through church

I was long gone noone could stop me
I didn't care I felt like hope dropped me

I did what I wanted I didn't care
Everyone's look was still an unapproving glare

I did my dirt and left it behind me
In belief that it would never find me

But years later it caught on up and bit me in the butt
I wished I could live with my eyes shut

I went through the cynical stage of regret
Because my future wouldn't let me forget

Then I was in search for a better me
Looking for anything better than me

But through my journey I looked high and low side to side
When the whole time it was right inside

I found me after I gave up and was ready to quit
When I thought all the good in me had split

Now I'm good and ready to be in a better place
Ready for a change of face and grace

I see my life where it can go how it can grow
Where I want to be It's my future in clearview I see

I refuse to go back to my unforsaken days
I will not continue on to my destiny with those ways

I found me through all this struggle and strife
I found myself living in a more luxurious and stressless life