Difference Between You And I Poem by Antonia Anthony

The difference between you and I
Is that I know exactly what sort of
Monster I am.
I know my capabilities
And the limitations that I place upon them.
I know the villain in me and it breathes
With the hero within me.
Through the penetration of my failures
Came fourth my achievements

The difference between you and I
Is that I can tell you about a moment of real solitude
Alone with myself and at peace with the company
That I kept
I want to live life with deep intimacy
Find truths out of this phoney world
Life in all its glory cries out in its need to continue
Whether I is healthy or I is poor
I is willing or I is dead.

The difference between you and I
Is that I have sustained love after being in love
Although I sit and wait for love to find me,
I do not sit and wait in vain
I want to walk with love and dance in the excitement that it provides
And still dance even when the beat has changed
I accept that the beat must change, must transgress
Must evolve
I accept the risk that comes with no guarantee.

The difference between you and I
Is that I understand that as time progresses
I will learn to forgive the things that cannot be undone
I will learn to be at peace with
Yesterday, and embrace tomorrow as it becomes today
And slowly fade away into yesterday.
I have accepted the winds of transformation
That has swept through my life and no longer
Frown at the scars that have been left permanently behind.

That is the difference between You and I.