I Am

Jennifer Paige©1996

I am standing on a hilltop

Facing the wind

Becoming the sun

The rain

The face of beauty peers out like the moon between the clouds

I become that too

Becoming the air and everything it touches

I am

Shining on my stage

 For a thousand eyes and onlookers

Shining in the smoky air

One voice in the crowd

One who will listen

Is all I am

Once a girl at home

Waiting for the wheel of Fate to turn

Practicing my religion religiously

All crimson and hopeful

In my longing

Loathing the time it takes

The waiting

No more pretending

My imaginary appearances and disappearances

 I will spellbind

Enchant them all

I will shine

Bursting out of a downpour of denial

Leaving them all behind

Then I will Be

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