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Kalina Bains

Alone but NOT Lonely


ALONE BUT NOT LONELY,

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS PERSON I’VE BECOME IS THE NEW ME

CHALLENGES I NEVER THOUGHT I DARE TO TAKE ARRIVE ON MY DOORSTEP ALMOST DAILY

EACH ONLY A GLIMPSE AWAY FROM THE KNEW ME

SO EAGER TO FIND HER IS SHE REALLY ME

THE LITTLE WHISPERS OF HOPE THAT I FAINTLY HEAR

WERE ENOUGH FOR THIS GIRL TO APPEAR?

SHE HAS GIVEN SO MUCH, GIVEN HER ALL

BUT IT NEVER WAS APPRECIATED AT ALL

THEY LOOK DOWN AT HER FOR MAKING A CHANGE

SHE IS STRONGER KNOW

GOODBYE IS A GOOD WORD

TO ALL THOSE THINGS SHE HELD ON TO

KNOW SHE WONDERS WHY SHE WASTED YEARS, ANGRY TEARS, DREAMS ARE WHAT KEPT HER ALIVE

THINGS SHE BOUGHT TO MAKE HER FEEL GOOD

LONGING FOR THE LOVE THAT THAT WAS NEVER UNDERSTOOD

SHE HAS TO FIND OUT, WHERE SHE WANTS TO BEGIN

NEW DREAMS, NEW LOVES, NEW TITLES TO BE MADE ON THIS PAGE OF LIFE THAT HAS ONLY BEGAN

SHOULD OF, COULD OF WILL MATTER KNOW MORE

SHE SMILES EACH TIME, SHE OPENS THE DOOR

THIS IS WHO SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG, COURAGEOUS, SPEAKING FREE

BUBBLING WITH HOPE AND CHALLENGES

SHE’LL SEE IT'S TIME TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE SMILING NOW FROM INSIDE-OUT

MEMORIES TO MAKE BY JUST STEPPING OUT

DOING IT FOR THE GIRL WHO LIVED A WITH A MASK

SHE’S SHATTERED IT AND HAS A BLAST OF QUIET DAYS AND BUBBLE BATHS JAZZ, TEA, A BOOK TO BE READ AND A CURLED UP CAT KB

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