The end of misery,
putting up smiles
with tears, welled up
in my eyes,
sacrifice,
life be good,
life be fair,
people pleaser,
no more, I’d be,
not a jester of sorts,
but only a few,
sincere souls connect,
time to live
without regret,
to love passionately,
to breathe and dance,
under the rain,
without fear,
with my only star,
shining from afar,
the only true joy,
(You are!)
I stare and praise,
happily, freely,
You become I,
and I,
authentic me.

#poetry for the lost, and now – found