It was a long lost vision, a dream,

That flew away along with the stream.

I felt like a kite without a string,

A bird that flew without its wings.

It was the thing I always wanted,

The path to which still seemed so haunted.

I experienced a feeling I never before had,

It seemed to guide me through good and bad.

My life seemed perfect, I knew no sorrow,

Never valued today, always waited for the morrow.

But now I know that life’s no fairy tale,

I’ve seen circumstances that have made me pale.

I thought I would never make it through,

I was walking on the lines that someone else drew.

All my hopes and dreams now lie shattered,

As the path I’ve tread seems so pampered.

Finally, i have regained my sense,

And the past is now merely a tense.

I never thought I could make my way back,

But I did it by discovering the things i lack.

I was living a life that was’nt mine,

Hiding my true self in order to shine.

But now I know that life is tough,

And I can’t survive only with luck.

I have lost a lot, but that’s just fine,

As I’m finally living a life that’s truly mine.

I have discovered myself.