Love and nothingness <br /> <br />Reside within me <br /> <br />I decide what I see <br /> <br /> <br />Joy and sadness cloak <br /> <br />Our eyes, in their own way <br /> <br />Everyone is lonely <br /> <br /> <br />Why should I seek another <br /> <br />Mirage that shimmers away <br /> <br />The more I yearn and long <br /> <br /> <br />My social being might be needy for now <br /> <br />Yearning for you, for love’s chimera <br /> <br />My inner soul doesn’t need you <br /> <br /> <br />When I am quiet <br /> <br />I know, that alone <br /> <br />We come and go <br /> <br /> <br />So for my journey <br /> <br />I have everything it takes <br /> <br />To be me!<br /><br />Anita Atina<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/everything-it-takes-to-be-me/