Lisa Rae Dummer
Sister of the Heart
Lisa Rae Dummer
I walked alone in darkness
Through the forest gloom of night
I longed to find the meadow
To feel the sun so bright
The forest was the people
The ones who couldn’t see
The face I showed to them
Was not the real me
There was no way out
Of this prison made by man
The dictates of society
Kept me well in hand.
I had heard of others
Who escaped out of the night
They found the path of freedom
That led them to the light
I could not take that path
I could not take that road
The demands of my existence
Were much too great a load
And then I met another
Though it was just on line
Whose sorrows, thoughts and dreams
Were so similar to mine.
Although she did not take it
She knew where lay the path
She gave to me the courage
To face the world’s wrath
Deserted by so many
Friends and family
She was always there
To set things right for me
She and others like her
Have become my family
She accepts me as I am
She knows the real me.
I have not reached the meadow
Though I have made a start
When I do, I’ll find her
My sister of the heart