Here we go. Took a lot of writer’s block, tears, and procrastination but, I finally wrote another poem. I think there was something about wanting to complete the story that pushed me through the writer’s block. I couldn't let it go unfinished but didn't know how to finish it so I just stopped trying with poetry all together. You see, it's very hard to "finish" a story that's still going. Someone's testimony doesn't ever really end. I should know, I've only told mine like three million times in front of my campers, my friends, and my leaders. Each time I told it, something changed. There was a new part to a story, or an old part got resolved. So, after talking to some friends and touching up on testimonies and where they are now in life, I finished. Here is Testimony (Part 2):

Slowly it's getting easier

Just to breathe

And i'm relearning how to walk

On my own two feet.

I don't know why

I just couldn't see

That you were always there

Guiding me.

You held my hand

While I walked through the dark.

Even if it felt like

We were miles apart.

You helped me realize

Who I wanted to be

And that nobodies opinions

Should change that for me.

You told me that

It's ok to fall apart

Because I'm really the one

With the broken heart.

I realize now that

Putting everyone before me

Only really made

Them happy.

Focusing on what everyone else

Wanted me to be

Drained the joy

From inside of me.

So i'll eat too much

And laugh too loud.

I'll stand up for myself

Every once in a while.

I'll sleep in

And have lazy days.

I won't do things

just because so-and-so may.

So thank you my friend

For letting me see

How much happier I am

When I'm just me.