"Let your smile change the world,
Not the world change your smile"

~anonymous

It scares me
To know I am a child
And still feel like this

I am frightened
Because it seems death
Is my only option

It makes me cry
To know what could have been
Yet still be here

It scares me
No--
*It terrifies me

If I could have
I would have
But I couldn't
And I can't
And I'm *sorry

You are only as strong as your ability
to lift yourself up off the ground.

You are only as wise as your ability
to see the world as it is
not as you want it to be.

You are only as free as your ability
to take a step towards your hearts desire
and appreciate whatever it is you find there.

six bees
and a butterfly

a daddy long legs

...the neighborhood is improving.