Demons

I look at my life in so many ways.
So varied it often leaves me dazed.

I like to think my heart is good and strong.
Yet my past is full of those I have wronged.

The total accounting must come due one day.
My debts, by then, I try and repay.

Better choices are key to who I have become.
Changes in priorities may be credited some.

Yet inside it has always been with me.
Fighting my demons who look to be free.

Demons who delight in pulling me down.
The courage to resist is what I have found.

Seldom now do a feel the burning need.
Yet my demons are there waiting to plant a seed.

So I cultivate kindness and honesty now.
To this I make this lasting vow.

I am learning to love the person I am.
For the first time in decades I believe that I can.

I don't think my demons will ever be gone.
Just as I know succumbing would be terribly wrong!

So, if you know me, I hope you can see.
I am happy with who I now call me.

Randy Lee