Ode to 2019

Finally I've reached that day!

The one where I stand tall

Pondering with feet planted upon mountain peak,

What is important?

This comes from within;

A heart filled with strength

And courage and drive

Ambition, I'm steadfast and forward.

They can't hold me back this time

No, I'm telling you now;

Not a soul can hold me back!

Try if they must

Though without a doubt

It'll bounce back on them, not I.

I told you nothing.

Will pull me even a single step behind

Know why?

'Cause your words were lies.

When you whispered you'd hold me,

Said "of course love, I'll be there"...

Yet you've no idea

The places I have been

And you weren't the shoulder

Upon which those heavy drops fell

Oh God! They were so endless and heavy!

That though, is the past now,

Won't catch me a-dwelling!

You were nowhere to be found...

This time though I'll not know despair

This is my time

There is one single difference;

For this round, my expectations

Are of self, coming from within

I need not a soul else.

My time;

Mark here; they'll regret denying me

Now I will shine and I will outshine!

The limelight, going forward,

It is mine, all mine!