Poem by: Betty Tobin (This poem doesn't have a title)

Before I met you everything was dark

There was the world, and then there was me.

I was alone, while the world laughed and smiled.

I just sat alone, watching from the sidelines, like an unused player

I always used to think, "Those people are lucky. They have something or someone to live for. Me, I don't have anything or anyone who will love the real me."

No one knows who I really am;

I even have a mask around my parents.

I don't think that they know the real me either.

Everyone has that eternal light, that guides them through life,

I hadn't found mine; so I waited in the dark.

I waited as a child; I waited as a teen;

No one came for me; but then you found me.

Like a being of light, you held your hand out to me.

Almost as if you were saying, "What are you doing here? All alone on your own?

Come with me; I'll guide you to the light."

At first, I could not believe it; someone noticed me?

I thought I was invisible, unseen…

Yet you found me and brought me out of my shell

You held onto me and saw something worthwhile

Now I have truly been found and am wanted for me.

Now that I have met you, I have changed

Because of your love, I see everything in a different light.

When you're with me, it feels like nothing could go wrong.

I can no longer imagine life without you; without you I am nothing

You make me shine; you make me feel like I can soar.

No longer is the world cruel and dark,

No longer does it shun those who don't belong,

It's welcoming, gentle, just because you're there.

My love for you is eternal, passionate, growing ever brighter by the day.

Nothing and no one can destroy it; it stays alive because of you.

I will never stop loving you; not even on the day I die.