I Want I want my old face back, the one that I wore Through love and through heartache Through peace and through war I want my old life back, the one that I liked I lived it all day Then lived it all night I want to look forward, I need to look back I need to look inward To see what I lack I'm trying and trying, and working so hard I'm trying and trying But still just a bard I'd like my old body, the one that was thin The one that I wasn't Ashamed to be in My slender old body, oh where have you gone? I don't have any clothes now Nothing to put on But I am resourceful, so I can make do And the shape of my body Doesn't matter to You You must think I'm ungrateful for this body of mine It's just that it hurts me All of the time It pains me and stabs me then hurts me some more I'm always and always So stiff and so sore But I am very thankful to be here on Earth To watch all the people To whom I gave birth I love you, my children, you're my life and my soul It's for you that I work To accomplish my goals So please just be patient when I'm preoccupied I'm building our lives now From the inside Poem by Alice C. Bateman See more of Alice's Work at: http://www.writers-voice.com