dear lonliness

dear lonliness,
  thank you for showing me the darkness.  now i can truly appreciate the light.  thank you for leaving me in solitude.  now i can truly enjoy the company of another.  thank you for causing me pain.  now i can truly enjoy the love that heals me even when it seems to hurt.  dear lonliness, thank you for being silent for so long.  now i can truly appreciate the sounds of life and music.  thank you for showing me what death would do to others and to myself.  now i can live knowing that life is truly a blessing.
so dear lonliness, as you leave my life please know that, although im not sad to see you go, i wouldnt be who i am without you.  until you leave, i will not be afraid of you.  i will learn and live, and in the end the day will come that you leave me.
i am not afraid.
pale-face

to fly

oh pale face, will you dare to dream?  will you dare to spread your wings?  oh pale face, will you even try to fly?  how many times have you been hurt?  how many days have you spent alone?  oh pale face, who are you now?  who are you that stares back at me in the mirror and in the still waters?