Inspire Yourself

What Is My Life Meant To Be?

What is my life meant to be?
Am I suppose to stay here
and do something with myself or leave-
Am I suppose to save dying children
from a life of poverty and aids
or am I to be narcissistic
and only reflect on my own pain?

What is my life meant to be?
Am I to touch people with my music and my words-
Am I to be selfish
and live in my own world-
Should I pray to stay
to live my life to be free
or should I be caged like an animal
my rage hindering me?

What is my life meant to be?
Should I deny the people
become a professor and teach one pupil
that no matter who you are...if you believe you can-
You can reach the stars?

What is my life meant to be?
How can I help someone
when I'm ashamed
when I'm afraid
when I'm disgraced, a vessel here only wasting space?

What is my life meant to be?
I met an old homeless man on the street
and asked him, what am I to do?
The old homeless man
grinned and scratched his chin and said,
"the only way to get out is to get through."
Victoria Dugger

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Poetry on this page was written and provided by my niece