Learning…Again

Learning how to dream again
After living with hopes so broken-
Learning how to speak again,
Or maybe for once many words not spoken-
Learning how to face again
A face I never wanted in my view-
Learning how to see beauty again
Amidst darkened, tainted hues.
Learning how to fight again
After being wounded by the pack-
Learning how to fight again,
Though confidence still jumps off track…
To learn is to hope
To learn is to believe
To learn is to respect
To learn is to receive
To learn is to be scarred
To learn is to endure
To learn is to participate
To learn is to be sure…. that
Learning how to dance again
After living on legs that limp
And learning how to stand again-
After being trained to live as wimps-
Learning to be strong again
When inside your heart are tears-
Learning how to walk again
Through valleys surrounded by fears-
Learning how to be again,
The me I was created to become–
Will take every ounce of strength i have-
I will learn…. ‘Til the setting of my sun…