I took a gamble <br />The biggest gamble I will take. <br />And I lost. <br />I ended up losing my best friends, <br />Losing my old life, <br />Losing the mural I had painted of what this world was to me. <br />But when I looked up, <br />I saw the real people who stand by me through it all. <br />A new path with new opportunities, <br />And it’s not the same mural I had painted, <br />It’s better.<br /><br />Roxy Gonro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gamble-3/