I am from the slums of Minneapoli… Crowded streets where colors diffe… Fists a fly, bottles in the air On this cold winter night. From mountains to magnificent pine…

This is it, My time to change, A chance for new life. I embrace you, my love Arms wide open

center Footprints lay in the sand But they never last As the tides roll upon the shores And sweep them away.

My eyes have opened and now I can… What I have never seen before The beauty hidden amongst the tree… The tides upon the shore. I ask whatever gods may be

I wake with heavy breathing Shadows dancing on the wall. I cannot see what is around me My figure growing small. I shrivle up in a corner

I am standing in front of a mirror But it’s not my reflection I see. Instead of a cheerful, smiling blo… With striking blue eyes, I see a sad little girl;

I ask for forgiveness and I am gi… I ask for trust and I am given un… I ask for faith and I am given do… I ask for you and I am alone. I look for hope and I find fear.

What are you doing to me? I am immature, you say, while othe… You’re the reason I am like this, You’re my weakness. You find ways of crawling under my…

I gather my tears up in a bottle a… Watching as it drifts away, perhap… Free of sadness, free of pain, fre… Freedom to sleep good dreams of ha… No more twitching, no more screami…

I fear mediocrity. I fear dishonor. I fear disbelief. I fear loss. I have found what can only be desc…