My heart jumped at the thought of finding love.

In my mind, it would be all that my dreams were made of.

My heart would be theirs and their heart would be mine.

And every day would float me higher than any skyline.

My heart raced at the thought of someday.

Each night I’d get on my knees and quietly pray.

As time ticked forward I grasped at any straw.

Slipping through my fingers like the sand heart...

My mind said I would fail.

That in this new chapter I would not sail.

I had no confidence to begin.

No belief in myself that I had within.

But determined to prove myself wrong.

I set out to rewrite my mind’s song.

I took the first step in this life stage.

I was ever motivated to write my own page.

I had been a shy and quiet soul my whole life.

Ever feeling inadequate and lost in strife.

Out of tha...