My Treasure

When I woke up, I found myself
building on the pieces
of the person that I am.
I could see that life is really
possible because I believe
that I can.
Just knowing that all my obstacles
are no more than spices in the pie,
tells me that pleasure is my because
while understanding has become
the why.

I am exceptional.
I am magnificent.
I am uplifting.
I do not need the rest of
society to agree with me.

So tell me now, if you can.
Tell me, what's this about all the
impatience and the noise?
I can look like such an idiot
lacking self confidence and poise.
Tell me now why I will make
it all so very hard for me.
What worth is there in knowledge,
when my anxious heart just
won't let me be.
Say it again.

I am exceptional.
I am magnificent.
I am uplifting.
I do not need the rest of
society to agree with me.

In all our days and lifetimes
we are connected by the most
precious threads of life.
In all our dreams in our night times
we are capable of magically
transforming wrong into right.
Because we have this power
we are responsible for its
nurturing and its care.

It just doesn't matter that
we acknowledge it so long as
we preserve its beauty
like a treasure,
to pass on to our heirs.
Say it again.

I am exceptional.
I am magnificent.
I am uplifting.
I do not need the rest of
society to agree with me.




Nancy McEldowney
7/15/99