Finding Me

I sit here, mersmerized by moving waters

In the glassy pool, distant eyes stare back

So empty and aching for help.

A faint spark in the distance slowly fades away

With the fire burned out

Only shadows of past glories stay

The chase is gone

The hunger, the uncanny desire,

The energy to bulldoze through any obstacle...

I wonder

Where did the confidence go,

The strength of purpose 

The individual so driven

Bulldozing mountains standing in her way.

The eyes well up with tears of sadness

Frustrated!

From having run the race,

Hoping to go far only to be held-back by fear.

All that stubborn courage,

Gone!

In the glassy pool, my brown watery eyes stare back

I look closer n' can hardly recognize myself

Who am I

Where am I

Where am I going?

Sad to admit, 

I seem to have lost myself.

I best be on my way then,

On a new mission

Of finding me.