by SepiaTones

Created on: February 20, 2009

Found myself.

There I am

Red headed vision in a rear view mirror

With eyes that give away

That I am my father's daughter.

I don't get many second glances anymore

Since my transformation into middle age

I look more like somebody's mom or their wife

And it's okay, because that's who I am.

This is the real me.

It's a shame that I look at my own snapshot

And see only my double chin

There's more to me than middle-aged spread

I am introverted and introspective

And interesting and deeper than this skin.

I am adventurous and also scared

I despise small talk for the sake of it

And women who look me up and down again

And peoples lack of soul and depth

And love for the ordinary.

I cried when I saw Shamu for the first time

Whale love; can you believe it?

My heart is soft even after everything I've been through

I long for more encounters with beauty.

I see the miraculous in that.

I am a redeemed soul, unambiguous about

My future or about eternity.

Because the God who created me visited here

Sacrificed, and reconciled our broken relationship

And heart. Now we do the journey together.

Life defined.

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