I've Learned

Story ID:	661
Written by:	Catherine AimeeRuth Grainger (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Mauston Wisconsin United States
Year:	2000
Person:	Every one

I've learned, I live

I still think about you,
every once in a while.
Wonder what I'd do,
if I came across your smile.
I know that you stayed,
I don't question why.
It was your choice to play,
you have to live the lie.
My life is not what I had planned,
but I live it anyway.
I sometimes try to understand,
how I became who I am today.
The past is just out of reach,
though not always out of sight.
The lessons we have to teach,
are the battles we must fight.
The things I learned from you
Are the not the ones you thought
I grew stronger than you meant me to
from the lessons that you taught