I Found My Voice

I found my voice
it’s not in my head
I found my voice
it’s not there
instead
it’s somewhere down inside close to my chest-
it’s been there all along
it seems to know best

At least it does when I listen
to its idiosyncratic ways,
since its tone lacks any judgment of my arrogant haze

I found my voice
it’s not in the words I form 
rather it speaks through a gentle nudge
and brings no expectations to perform
for anyone but ourselves

This voice is our true self
so why would we live for others
when we know our true soul

Fear and doubt don’t live inside this voice
it reveals our destined path
but
we must be ready to lose what we think we love
for something bigger then the rest

Each of us have this same voice
yet
few actually hear its call

It requires great courage to pay a price of what it asks of all

dd- December 2009