"Open Book"

You've given me the gift to write
and blessed me with the ability to sing
No longer will I fight
to keep these gifts within
I will share them with the world
in hopes that they will understand
the heart that once was a little girl
and the soul that's becoming a woman
The battles that I've fought
the laughter and the pain
The morals that I was taught
and the truth I've come to gain
My soul I will now bare
for everyone to see
My personal secrets I will share
the words you read are a part of me
If I can change just one life
with the words that I have written
I'll be completely satisfied
and know my life was worth living
All the nights when I felt so alone
someone out there felt the same
All of the times when I'd cry at home
someone was feeling my pain
When I had my doubts
and thought it was the end
Someone else was crying out
just like me....searching for a friend
When I overcame the hurt
some one's pain had gone
The day I found out what love was worth
Someone had the same feeling all along
So with each word that you read
My happiness is being restored
Acknowledgement from others I no longer need
For your understanding means so much more.