Being created by Love <br />To love life, <br />I grow daily <br />To love being myself. <br />Not ashamed <br />Of this fact, I no longer strive <br />To be some passionless <br />Grey soul, with helpless <br />Needs. - I feed on life. <br />Am 'passion revived'. <br />Wild joy overtakes me <br />At times, - elates me. <br />Pulsating energy <br />Helps me survive. <br />Infuses delight. <br />Transports me freely <br />To find, at the least excuse <br />A broad smile. <br />I know passion should <br />Never be joyless. <br />Passively giving in <br />Is defiling <br />To the 'me' that is myself now. <br />Quite buoyant <br />Am I, yet subtlely quiet <br />Inside, - cloaked <br />In commitment to love. <br />Heartbeat submitting <br />To nothing but pleasure <br />In giving, I now <br />Celebrate me, willingly. <br />Recycled maybe - - but <br />I like the new 'me'.<br /><br />Fay Slimm<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/being-myself-2/