Soul Searching
/Watching the light, spring rain through my window.
Am thinking of the time and space I am currently in.
Remembering turbulent and sensitive times.
I thought of running away and hiding from it.
Not once, back then, giving the future me a thought.
Many times there was a pool of self-pity.
Was all I could muster in my head
as life did not go exactly as the plan.
The selfish times in my journey
where I hurt others, intentional or not,
without a side look or remorse.
In reflection, that was not the person
who I wished to be, changes had to be made.
Steps to be taken in order to grow.
Used to hide the person that I was,
never admitting low or destructive points.
What other’s would call life’s regrets.
Today, I embrace that person
as I would not be the person
I am today without those lessons.
My thoughts now about anything
are not the same as they used to be.
Call it evolution with the years.
A little more greyer and wiser.
There has been a lot of thought
and soul searching as the person I am now.
Moments in life have brought me here.
To this calm, serene place
and I am proud of it.
By Andrew Scott
From: Canada