Lessons from myself

Sometimes it’s very useful to go back to things you wrote in the past and see them in a new light.  I’m actually not going to go into what I’m taking from them now, but I’m simply sharing a few to see what connections people make on their own based on who I am now and who I was then.  These are all on my old geocities site for the curious.

Hidden Power

The prism hangs
from one lonely nail
in the window
on a rainy day.
I remember a day
when the sun shone
through the carefully
shaped glass;
when hundreds of tiny
rainbows scattered across
my room.
I stared at those
rainbows and became
lost in my thoughts.
I think of the past
and I think of the future,
things done and things
yet to be done.
Now I look at the
empty piece of glass
No rainbows.
No dreams.
But tomorrow clouds
will give way to
sunshine,
creating more rainbows
and more dreams.

Jackie Meyer, © 1994

Me

Don’t you see
Me?
I can feel
I can love
I can cry
I can hurt
I can hate
I can hear
I know you don’t see
me
Why?

Jackie Meyer, copyright 1996

The Fall

I used to be the smart one
who always had the answer
the one who the smart respected
and the slow despised

I used to be the tough one
with super woman strength
Tough as nails emotions
invincible

I used to be the confident one
knew where I was going
how to get there
I could not fail

I used to know who I was
but my mind does not agree
I no longer know myself
I have fallen.

Jackie Meyer, © 1997

Reborn

Baby Steps
moving slowly
towards who
I want
to be
lessons learned
skills mastered
a Child
in my
Adulthood
knowing
so little
about
Myself
but learning
so much
daily
How old
will I be
Tomorrow?

copyright 2001, Jackie Meyer