I am on my way somewhere new and unknown <br />I have lived and died <br />I have struggled and have beaten the odds <br />And have survived and at times flourished <br />I have loved <br /> <br />I have lost everything that mattered <br />I have seen my brightest dreams burn and crumble <br />I have faced my worst fears <br />I have faced death and have found God <br />I have cried <br /> <br />I have faced evil <br />And have the courage to not dropp my gaze <br />I have lent my hand and heart to good souls <br />and when I lost my faith in people <br />I have seen beauty <br /> <br />In emptiness <br />I struggle with lonliness <br />I have felt abandonment <br />disrespect and insincerity <br />I trod on <br /> <br />I have skied down the steepest slopes <br />I have ridden faster than the wind <br />I have run until breathless <br />I have skated across frozen lakes of ice <br />For sheer joy <br /> <br />I walk on unknown paths <br />that have led nowhere <br />meeting kind hearts along the way <br />and taking time to breath in their spirits <br />I have given of myslef <br /> <br />In the end it all means nothing <br />faced with this I cry <br />despondent with lonliness <br />surrounded by emptiness <br />I dry my tears <br /> <br />I am a heart in motion <br />a rich spirit <br />a force of nature <br />gifted <br />I am solitary <br /> <br />Knowing only heartache <br />I give only love <br />Knowing falsity is the norm <br />I give only sincerity <br />but I walk away <br /> <br />Paths unknown await me <br />In humility I wait for my second chance <br />I let go of hatred <br />I accept pain instead of struggle against it <br />I pray <br /> <br />Out of depths of dispair <br />I seek tranquility and purity <br />in dismal quarters I await sunshine <br />out of nothing I am born again <br />A single heart <br /> <br />Until our hearts ever touch <br />no meaning without you<br /><br />JAMES T. ADAIR<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/accepting-fate-unknown/
