I would rather die living as myself, as I truly am than living the death-bound life of carrying out the lie you constructed of me, forcing me to play it out like a puppet show. I will not be your toy nor your play thing. In leaving you I found myself and subsequently my desire for life… - learning how to live • Having glimpses (like a life-given dream) of who I am…of who I would become… The life I could/would/will lead It showed up in my interests…my hobbies…things I still carry with me today I glimpsed the essence of my life through the window of a dream…a love And tried my hardest to follow that light to get to where I am today. I am making it out. I am finding a way out. I am almost there.