Another of life’s milestone
Another solo celebration
Head hung with heavy eyes
Dripping drops of congratulations
Surrounded, not embraced
Immediate family at my side
Poking jokes, or silent
Proud less of praise and faked pride
As a young girl, I dreamt
Of frolicking fantasy, far fetched
An escape into freedom
Reality's mark, forcibly etched
No dream stone left unturned
I've chiseled years of daydream cement
Determined to make good
Of lifelong tragedy and lament
From bottom of the barrel
Contemplating failure, giving up
As if from somewhere came the will
Overflowing, optimism’s cup
Reluctant, yet I sipped
Gulping, gaining own self respect
Determination saturated, grew
So profound, simplistic, easy to detect
A life’s duration, yet unwritten
Blanken’d page projecting, without prose
An unforeseeable future resides
My destined calling, I, exposed
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