Pride

written December 8, 1999

I always swore that my world

would stop without you

You took me to a place of my past

One I never wanted to see again

It's a place full of pain

and sorrow

You gave me a wonderful gift once

You gave me myself

My pride

And I know that you could

take that back

But I fought you

and now I've won

I'm proud now

Proud of me and all that I

stand fore

And I'm walking away

My head held high

My eyes straight ahead

And the colors and rainbows

of my crystalline world

are brighter than they

have ever been before