Independent

Day 24 of Poetry Month. Only 6 more poems until I can say I have completed this challenge. Thanks goes out to my sister who challenged me indirectly by doing the same thing. She got the idea from http://www.napowrimo.net/ 30 poems in 30 days. It's not as easy as I make it seem.

 Independent

by C.L. Miller

All I've ever known
is all I'll ever be
if I can't reach out
and touch my destiny.
So I tentatively
take a step
hoping its something
I won't regret.
At first I'm scared
and all alone
Until I realize,
I can stand on my own.
I can count on myself
through thick and through thin.
I won't let anyone else
get under my skin.
I learned my lesson
when I left him.
I need to walk
before I can swim.