after the storm

another day with no work. we are truly blessed that we have electricity. Thank God! many of my friends do not have electricity at all...hence the lack of people to talk to online. yes, i'm an online junkie. i can't seem to get enough of it. sad thing though, i only go to the same sites all the time. oh well. . .

my cousin jacob and i are watching blind date uncensored. it's hella funny. there are some awful, awful things they are saying to each other. my gosh. i hope i never get a date where i would have to diss someone and just plain put them down. albeit, i would never do that. it's funny to watch though. people trying to get their game on and it just ain't working. AT ALL. oh well.

i moved from far away
leaving behind a part of me
leaving behind all that i knew
and all that i knew to be

here i struggled
here i had to re-invent
or did i just have to find myself
and no longer pretend

i met so many people
i'm no longer behind a shadow
the shadow of my family
now, i'm just plain me

i'm happy now
for the first time i am
no longer am i in the shadow
but my own sunshine

so i sit here and smile
looking back at the past
the person i used to be
is gone finally, at last