By Caroline Woods  (cbwoods@zoo.uvm.edu)
Date: 11 February 1998

Inner War

Like the crisp autumn leaves 
At the mercy of the approaching winter winds
I flounder around without direction
Till the chaos decides to calm
Fighting for control in the madness
I find i am simply a pawn-
Playing out in a game 
To which I don’t know the rules
The harder I fight-
The more I break
But to give in- to stop trying
Would be to loose the battle and the war
Will we meet one day in the middle
No more tug of war for me
My fighting days are over
But my war has just begun
I will live each day for myself
And love freely from my heart
I will not let the sadness
Rule my dark days anymore
I am saying my farewells
To the chains that used to bind me
And the words you used to hate
So don’t cry for me today
I’ve shed enough myself
Just prey I find my inner strength
in this war I’ve just begun.