a woman's greatest love
In my life I’ve met many
some who loved me, some who didn’t
I loved them all anyway
for loving them was my only identity.
The first I met were my family
who asked of me a lot
no matter what I gave I still owed more
duty, responsibility, sacrifice
taken as their rights
I loved them still anyway
For in their circle I belonged
they were me and I was them.
Then I met my friends
who were there one day, gone the next
I shared with them my joys, my griefs
some understood, some didn’t care
I loved them all anyway
For with their company
I was not alone
I had my own comfort zone.
Then I met a man
who asked of me my name
my trust, my faith, my love
my body, my money, myself
no matter what I did, I lost
I loved him still anyway
For in his love I was a woman
in mind, soul and flesh.
And then one day I met myself
a stranger I’d lived with all my life
she asked of me nothing
for the first time I was complete
not mother, daughter, sister
nor wife, lover or friend
For the first time I was me
Free to love everyone, free to be alone
I had found my greatest love...
I had found myself.
::rama arya::
28 May 2000
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