What Do You Really Want? Poem by Tim Romines

What do you really want?


When you walk now do you walk alone?
When you sleep now do you sleep alone?
Do your dreams take you back to what you knew?
Do they take you to what you really want?
When you reach out do you come up empty handed?
When you cry do you wipe your own tears?
When you stumble do you have to pick yourself up?
Have you created this new place that you live?
Or was it just part of your future that you are afraid to change?
Have you chosen a familiar path even if you know it is not true?
Will you ever be able to find the correct path for your life?
Trust is a crazy thing that not all of us understand
And honesty can be painful and brutal when delivered with love.
Those of us who understand that get over it
And those who don’t may never heal.
Self forgiveness is a start for most but self understanding is the true beginning.
So if you find yourself in similar or difficult times
Try to understand who you are, what you are and where you are
And then decide where you want and need to be and make it happen.
Be careful not to chastise those around you that love you enough to not lie to you.


Know where you are, where you want to go and how you plan to get there.


T Romines 04/28/2009